conventions, like the american public transit association convention. hey, meet your wheelchair using would be customers if you would freaking make it possible for them to get on and off the bus. these were militant tactics with a very simple, very understandable demand. and police were oftentimes quite flummoxed with how to deal with this with people disabiliti disabiliti disabilities, particularly in wheelchairs. >> this is from the democratic convention held that year in san francisco. >> this city is pretty blah say about demonstrations but when 50 disabled people took to the streets in their wheelchairs demanding their rights and sometimes disrupting traffic, it caught people by surprise. they feel they've been isolated from society for too long. they want more opportunity for education and jobs.