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  • Driver and CDFJ Team member, Sandy Hanebrink and Judy Joseph, Executive Director of Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA), pose in front of the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van in Kay, TX (May 12, 2024)
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of the George Bush Library and Conference Center sign.
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of the George Bush Library and Conference Center.
  • Ben Polega and his service dog Friday with the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van behind them.
  • Lex Frieden, Director of the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU), flanked by Malcolm Brodie, his friend and assistant, and Marisa Demaya, ILRU Deputy Director, pose in front of the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van at the ILRU in Houston, Texas.
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked on the campus of The University of Texas-Arlington.
  • A large group of people, including some chair-users, pose in front of The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of the Southwest Kansas Independent Living Center (SKIL) in Parsons, Kansas.
  • A chair-user in a power chair poses in front of The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of the Southwest Kansas Independent Living Center (SKIL) in Parsons, Kansas. (Rick)
  • A young woman chair-user poses in her power chair in front of The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of the Southwest Kansas Independent Living Center (SKIL) in Columbia, Kansas.
  • A young woman holds a boom mic while interviewing an activist in Denver Colorado, inside the Community Room at Atlantis Community. The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice's van is parked outside an can be seen though the window, as another individual stands outside taking a picture. Denver Co. Sunday April 28th 2024
  • A young woman holding a boom mic is interviewing a group of ADAPT members, at the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice during the stop at Atlantis Community Inc. Denver, Co. Sunday April 28 2024
  • Disability Caravan at DAC NW Moscow Idaho
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice at Nimiipuu Community, Lapwai, Idaho
  • Caravan event at San Francisco
  • The Disability Caravan at Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley
  • The Disability Caravan at Rolling Start, Inc. in San Bernardino, CA
  • Day two, heading west. Sunrise in Erie, Pennsylvania. Red, white and blue Caravan and trailer in a parking lot with pink and blue cloudy sunrise behind.
  • 3 members of Able South Carolina’s staff posing in their “Caravan” t-shirts. They include a tall, white woman with brown hair, standing, wearing a facemask, a white man with gray hair using a wheelchair, and a white woman with dark hair. They are all smiling and posing with their shirts by pointing at the shirt text.
  • Scott "The Driver" Nance in Greenville, South Carolina. Red haired man with glasses and goatee taking a selfie in front of the Caravan driver's side.
  • Mark Johnson with Scott and Scott's service animal, Marley in Mauldin, South Carolina. Two older white men in power chairs posing behind the Caravan. One has a yellow lab in front of him.
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of an AutoZone grabbing everything they need for the 20,000-mile road trip ahead. The van sports a huge red, white, and blue flag motif with Tom Olin images integrated into the artwork and the words “Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice” on the sides and back. There is also reference to the LaTonya Reeves Freedom Act, important legislation being considered right now in Washington DC.
  • The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van parked in front of Able SC
  • Kimberly Tissot, Able SC’s President and CEO, flanked by Columbia, SC Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (left) and Able SC’s Board President, Cory Watson (Right) welcome The Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice van as part of their 30th anniversary celebration. Kimberly Tissot is holding a plaque with a key to the city.
Latonya Reeves Freedom Act Logo. Click here to learn more about the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, and ways you can help pass it!

A collective of people with disabilities, and our allies, are driving across America from April to October, 2024, visiting a number of cities including many that are important to our history.

Along the way, we will honor and celebrate people and places significant to our 100+ year struggle for freedom and justice, we will share their stories, raise awareness of current issues, and build a national coalition to address these issues.

Our goals are to shine a light on all that have gone before as well as on current issues Americans with disabilities are facing. We want to connect people to this rich history of activism and advocacy with current national, regional, and local issues. Also to share with them success stories and tools necessary to create positive change.

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