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[applause] last, i bring up the general. patricia wright who served as the director of government affairs for the disability rights, education, and defense firm. she served there for 1980-2005. she is widely recognized as the person who brought together all the different elements of the disability rights community. she is one of our chief strategist during the campaign to pull this all together to pass it. patricia wright is back here with us again. thank you, general. [applause] this is our first panel. the second panel will be a number activists and people from the community who have been so instrumental not only in the beginning, but the evolving structure of the ada since 1990. let me take it off. we will start with a starter here. the person who put his first name on the bill. to tony, what was it like? just reminisce about what it was like at that time when you are a person with this ability yourself, with epilepsy. what was it like getting this thing going? tommy, it