How does the author develop his central idea throughout the course of the text? A Through a description of his childhood and how his brother was his inspiration to keep overcoming obstacles. B Through personal anecdotes that reveal the power of disability activists and the progress they’ve made over decades C By showing how people with disabilities have slowly lost rights over time. D By discussing how people with disabilities should be taken care of by the government.

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.