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Published: July 26, 2007
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Landmark legislation makes certain that everyone
17 years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed and began changing lives.
By Jim Killackey
Born in 1950 with muscular dystrophy and wheelchair-bound, a hungry Bill Austin frequently utilized a quirky tactic for getting into his favorite Oklahoma City restaurant for a meal.

He'd go to the back of the establishment, push himself up the restaurant's only ramp used for food deliveries, cut through the restaurant's kitchen amid stares, frowns and groans, and then quickly get a table in the dining area.

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