{"id":6829,"date":"2021-07-22T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2021-07-22T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:13:11","slug":"celebrating-the-ada-31st-anniversary-with-an-rtc-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/celebrating-the-ada-31st-anniversary-with-an-rtc-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the ADA 31st anniversary with an RTC favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 26, we will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, and transportation. The ADA provides people with disabilities the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. As part of the ADA, the RTC provides paratransit services to certified customers. One of those customers is Raquel O\u2019Neill, an extraordinary woman who provides training to individual experiencing vision loss or as she calls it: the blind training the blind.<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-6835 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-1024x746.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27344%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20472%20344%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27344%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-400x291.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-800x583.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-1200x874.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/pic-2-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Watch the video to learn more about her work and dedication to the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindconnect.org\/\">BlindConnect<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Celebrating the ADA 31st anniversary with an RTC favorite\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271100%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201100%20619%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271100%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MwKdJD3D4zQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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