Advocates see progress for people with disabilities, see room for improvement

In the 30 years she has been working with people with disabilities, Ande Kolp has seen tremendous gains in the treatment and acceptance of them. And some not so tremendous gains as well. “I’ve definitely seen how things have changed over the years,” said Kolp, who is now the executive director of the Arc Maryland. “Sometimes progress seems like it’s going really great and then things will happen in the environment and derail progress.”