Mitchell Rappaport

Member - Austin Mayor's Committee on Disabilities; Member (?) - State of Texas Accessible Transportation Committee, Member - ACLU, Member - others. *Co-conceived and co-named: "The Americans with Disabilities Act"; January 3, 1968. *Co-creator, field of Rehabilitation Architecture, who's principles, codes, standards and basic tenants were woven into the field of Universal Design and separately submitted to the Access Board in Washington, D.C. while they were developing the Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines (AADAG) by James O. Easter, M.S., AIA. The field of Rehabilitation Architecture was conceived by Rex Mason, AIA and the field of Universal Design was conceived by Cynthia Liebrock, Ph.D., AIA and Ron Mace, AIA. *Original Chairman, current President, Center For People With Disabilities, Inc., 2003 - Present. *Other