Marching in D.C.

Monday, August 21, 2025, was a day that I will never forget. Participating in a march in Washington, D.C. for the 35th Anniversary of the Americans for Disablilty Act was what I have wanted to do for a long time. For people who don’t understand what exactly the law stands for or means, let me explain it.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law. It keeps the disabled from being discriminated against. Anyone with a disability has the same opportunity and access as anyone else. The ADA helps provide employment, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.

It defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that limits major activities of life, a history of an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having an impairment. 

ADA.gov gives information, resources, and explains how to comply with the ADA. Also how to report discrimination and how to enforce the law. The ADA was not enforced with the large medical facility I worked for. I always tell human resources and the nurse in human resources that I have epilepsy. The job description was for weekends, no call, or third-shift hours. I talked to my supervisor about the job description. She did all she could to get me fired. I marched because I heard my supervisor, from the large medical facility, tell my coworker that I had epilepsy. The large medical facility fired me, not the supervisor. I even wrote my congresswoman to inform her about what happened. She sided with the large medical facility. I was shocked. There was a lawyer that would take a case for me. I think it was because of the people I wanted to sue for wrongful doings.

Now, after everything that happened, I try to spread the word about medical discrimination. Thank you for the ADA.

I put the march online in my YouTube channel, @SeizurethedayNC.