The Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial, in many ways, tells the story of disability representation in the country.

Long-held plans to build a memorial to FDR on Roosevelt Island may finally be coming to fruition, although not everyone is pleased. Welfare Island in the East River was renamed Roosevelt Island in ...

A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday by several advocacy groups for disabled people claims the park has numerous features that make it difficult for wheelchair users to enjoy the property.

A new “room” at the entrance to the present memorial contains a simple, life-size bronze statue depicting Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair, wearing his trademark rumpled suit, pince-nez, and ...

In a lengthy discussion of a new sculpture in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson manages to omit all mention of the sculptor (“The FDR Memorial: Who Speaks From ...

Ever since the FDR Memorial was conceived of, there has been controversy over whether the president -- struck down by polio as a young man and thereafter unable to walk without assistance ...

In 2000, a smaller statue was added near the memorial’s entrance. The $5 million addition depicts FDR in his wheelchair. The final room represents the death of the president in April 1945.

At their best, ADA observances call attention to work still to be done, and the ever-renewing and strengthening disability community who will take over from those who came before.

Roosevelt had asked for a simple memorial–an engraved stone block about the size of his desk–and that monument has stood near the National Archives, largely unobserved, for a half-century.

The FDR memorial would be built to Kahn’s design or not at all, its advocates say. Lappin called Kahn’s concept “a timeless, elegant design” sure to draw visitors from around the world.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, 7{ acres of brown granite and aching political correctness, is opening this weekend for the ages. Why brown for our least drab president? Maybe the creators ...