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Chapter 1 | Mr. Polaroid

Season 37 Episode 3 | 9m 18s

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Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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The story of Edwin Land, whose iconic Polaroid camera let everyone instantly chronicle their lives.
The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
ASL The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act.
ASL Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act.
EXTENDED AD The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
EAD Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—were not always a given.
ASL Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—were not always a given.
Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but the
ASL The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion.