Tom Olin

social documentarian

Tom has been a social documentarian for more than four decades, primarily capturing the unfolding history of much of the Disability Rights Movement. Tom has spent his life in the grassroots, building an incredible collection of iconic photos of our historic struggle for civil rights and inclusion. Tom was instrumental in the “The Road To Freedom: Keeping the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)”, a yearlong, cross-country bus tour and traveling exhibit promoting the civil rights of people with disabilities and advocating for passage of the ADA Restoration Act of 2007.