Deborah McFadden

Deborah L. McFadden was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as U.S. Commissioner of Disabilities (1989–1993), and was instrumental in the writing and passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[1] Having been paralyzed for a number of years as a young adult from Guillain–Barré syndrome, she was the highest-ranking female with a disability in the Bush Administration.[2]

  1. ^ McFadden, Deborah L.; Burke, Edward P. (1991). "Developmental Disabilities and the New Paradigm: Directions for the 1990s" (PDF). Mental Retardation. 29 (1): iii–vi. PMID 2017045. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-19.
  2. ^ "Meet My Two Moms: Wheelchair Racing Sensation Tatyana McFadden Reveals How She Was Saved from a Bleak Russian Orphanage". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-09-05.