They’re asking the District to provide better community-based services, and stop shuffling young people into institutions.

Ryan Honick lobbied for a change in Metro policy—and got it.

“The gate assumes it can shut once I’ve passed through, and my pup who is behind me gets scared. If that gate clips him—like it has—it can lead to phobias,” says Ryan Honick. “And if he ends up being scared of the Metro, I can’t get to work.”

It is one of multiple events in D.C. ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26.

Businesses and volunteers—who have until July 8 to sign up—will be briefed on talking points to tell people who don’t normally think about disability issues.