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Guest host: Lynn Neary
Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Act 10 years ago this Wednesday. A panel talks about what has changed for the disabled in workplaces, schools, courts, and in American society in the past decade, and how activists are working to further expand the opportunities and rights of the disabled.
Dick Thornburgh, former U.S. Attorney General
Sue Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management
Rebecca Ogle, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Guest host: Lynn Neary
Psychologist Lauren Slater has written three memoirs. The first focused on her history of schizophrenia, the second on her experiences with depression. In the third, she writes about her episodes of epilepsy -- and her habit of telling lies. She talks about how she's used both fact and fiction in presenting her life story, as she discusses her latest book.
Lauren Slater, author and psychologist
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