A protest at the U.S. Capitol for equal rights in public accommodations for people with disabilities in 1972. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In 1959, a teenage Kitty Cone was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. The daughter of a well-off military family, she discovered that her disability often worked against her family’s wealth and political connections. She attended five different high schools, including the posh Holton-Arms School where her cousins had to carry her up the stairs so she