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Administrator at Berkeley's Center for Independent Living and the California Department of Rehabilitation, cofounder of the
World Institute on Disability : oral history transcript /
BANC MSS 2001/41 clocalPhonotape 3101 C:1-18localMotion Picture 924 Dlocal
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Title:
Administrator at Berkeley's Center for Independent Living and the California Department of Rehabilitation, cofounder of the World Institute on Disability : oral history transcriptDisability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Leon, Joan, 1938-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
O'Hara, Susan, 1938-2018, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Background in journalism; grant writing at Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, CA, 1973-1976; assistant to director Ed
Roberts at California State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1976-1982; input into federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973
and amendments; cofounding of World Institute on Disability with Ed Roberts and Judith Heumann, 1983-1997; discussion of independent
living concept, international work on disability issues, development of adaptive technology, federal and state legislative
response; reflections on contributions of Ed Roberts and Judy Heumann and other leaders of disability movement.
Date:
2000 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPeople with disabilities -- Services for -- California
People with disabilities -- Political activity -- United States
People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- United States
People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions
Personnes handicapées -- Services -- Californie
Personnes handicapées -- Activité politique -- États-Unis
Personnes handicapées -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales
People with disabilities -- Social conditions
People with disabilities -- Services for
People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation
United States
California
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (United States)
Center for Independent Living.
World Institute on Disability.
California. -- Department of Rehabilitation.
United States.
World Institute on Disability
Center for Independent Living
California. -- Department of Rehabilitation
Leon, Joan -- 1938- -- Interviews
Roberts, Edward V -- 1939-1995
Heumann, Judith E
Roberts, Edward V -- 1939-1995
Note:
Joan Leon ; an interview conducted by Susan O'Hara in 1998.
Forms part of the Disability rights and independent living movement oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3101 C:1-18.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyoral histories (literary works)
interviews.
Oral histories
Interviews
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Histoires orales.
Interviews.
Physical Description:
print
1 volumes (xxv, 268 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
18 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2001/41 clocal
Phonotape 3101 C:1-18local
Motion Picture 924 Dlocal
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.