Monday's doodle pays tribute to one of the pioneers in the disability rights movement. Google celebrated what would have been the 78th birthday of disability rights activities Ed Roberts on Monday with a new doodle. The artwork depicts the late activist giving a lecture. Roberts contracted polio at the age of 14 and was a paralyzed from the neck down. For the next 43 years, he used a wheelchair and had to sleep in an 800-pound iron lung at night. The activist, however, didn't let his disability stop him from pursuing dreams such as earning a college degree. Roberts became the first student with severe disabilities to attend the University of California at Berkeley, where...
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