Guide to the Disabled Students' Program Records, 1965-
Guide to the Disabled Students' Program Records, 1965-
Collection number: CU-479
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- The Bancroft Library.
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-6481
- Fax: (510) 642-7589
- Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
- URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
- Collection Processed By:
- Amber Smock and Elizabeth Konzak
- Date Completed
- July 2002
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1956 | The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Student Health Services Program is set up for the physically disabled at the University of California, Berkeley. |
Edward V. Roberts, the first student with a severe mobility impairment to live on campus moves into Cowell Memorial Hospital and begins his studies. | |
1963 | Following Roberts's successful first year, the University admits John Hessler, the second student with a severe mobility impairment to live at Cowell Hospital. |
1967 | Seven severely physically disabled students are living in Cowell Hospital as of October. |
Carl J. Ross, Cowell Hospital administrator, proposes a program to serve ten to twelve disabled students. | |
1968 | The Cowell Residence Program is funded by the California Dept. of Rehabilitation (DR). |
Roberts becomes a part-time assistant on disability to the Dean of Students. | |
1969 | Conflicts with the DR staff become the impetus for the organization of a student self- advocacy group for those living in Cowell Hospital, named the Rolling Quads. |
The Rolling Quads write a proposal for a grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) for the fiscal year 1970-1971, to fund a physically disabled Students' program. | |
Students who lived at Cowell begin to move into their own apartments off campus. The Rolling Quads propose a community halfway house residence program for students attending UC Berkeley. [The "halfway house" was never established.] | |
1970 | In the spring quarter, the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) at Berkeley vote to supplement HEW funding for a program for students with disabilities, with a fee of 25 cents to be paid by every student at UC Berkeley for each academic quarter, as part of registration. The money is made available in June 1970. |
HEW grants $81,000 to start the Physically Disabled Students' Program (PDSP) in July. Hessler, Michael Fuss, Chuck Grimes, and Zona Roberts (Ed Roberts' mother) set up the first office in an apartment at 2532 Durant Avenue in Berkeley. | |
John Hessler is the first director. Initially, PDSP serves 17 clients. | |
1972 | The Center for Independent Living (CIL) is incorporated off campus. CIL is a Berkeley community service agency for persons with disabilities, modeled on PDSP. |
1973 | The Disabled Students' Union is formed. |
1974 | A job development specialist position is proposed for disabled students and alumni. |
The Coordinating Committee for the Removal of Architectural Barriers (CCRAB) is established to resolve access problems on the UC Berkeley campus. | |
A dormitory residence pilot program is set up for students with disabilities. Initially it has 5 rooms in Putnam Hall in the Unit One of the student dormitory complex. | |
1975 | Susan O'Hara begins as head of the PDSP Residence Program (serves until 1988). The residence pilot program is successful. The permanent PDSP Residence Program consists of 16 rooms in the Unit Two dorm complex staffed 24 hours a day by paid attendants. The Cowell Hospital Residence Program is closed. |
California Governor Jerry Brown appoints Ed Roberts Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation. John Hessler leaves the directorship of PDSP to become Deputy Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation. Don Lorence assumes the directorship of PDSP. | |
DR funds a Job Placement Specialist at the University Career Planning Office. Betty Bacon is the first specialist. | |
1977 | Zona Roberts resigns from DSP. |
1978 | PDSP establishes Deaf Services. |
After a program audit of DSP led by UC Berkeley professor William K. (Sandy) Muir, the University establishes the Chancellor's Physically Disabled Students' Program Advisory Board, which consists of the combination of the old Residence Hall Advisory Board and the Disabled Students Advisory Board. | |
1979 | Don Lorence leaves the directorship of PDSP. Sharon Bonney is hired as the new director. |
PDSP moves to 2515 Channing Way. It now serves 254 students. | |
1982 | PDSP changes its name to the Disabled Students' Program (DSP) to include students with learning disabilities. |
1987 | Sharon Bonney leaves the directorship of DSP. |
A twenty-fifth anniversary survey shows 157 former residents of the program have an average salary of $32,224 in a variety of career fields. | |
1988 | Susan O'Hara, the Residence Program director, becomes director of DSP. Bill Blanchard takes over as Residence Program director. |
Stephen Hawking, world renowned physicist with Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS), visits the UC Berkeley campus. DSP hosts a barbeque in his honor. | |
1990 | DSP moves from Channing Way to the Cesar Chavez Student Center on campus. |
1992 | Thirty years after Ed Roberts moves into Cowell Memorial Hospital, DSP serves 800 disabled students at UC Berkeley. |
Susan O'Hara retires as director. Lynn Bailiff becomes the director. | |
1997 | Lynn Bailiff retires. Ed Rodgers is hired as the new director. |
Scope and Content of Collection
SERIES 1: ADMINISTRATION, 1967-1997, n.d.
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND, 1967-1992, n.d.
Histories and program descriptions, 1967-1987, n.d.
Correspondence Regarding University of California (UC) disability services in the 1950's, 1970
Guidelines and Policy Statements, 1977-1979, 1983
Mission Statement, 1989
Brochures, 1990, n.d.
Organizational Charts, 1989-1992
Eligibility and Verification forms, blank master copies, n.d.
CORRESPONDENCE, 1969-1995
Incoming and Outgoing, 1969-1995
FUNDING, 1970-1997
Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) grants, 1970-1976
HEW grants, 1976-1984
University of California (UC) grants and budgets, 1971-1989
UC grants and budgets, 1992-1994, 1997
Physically Disabled Students Program (PDSP) one-time grants to individual students, 1971-1973
California Dept. of Rehabilitation grant proposals, 1974, 1976, 1980-1981
Prytanean Alumnae Funds, 1976-1987
Tripodes grant information, 1991
MEETING AGENDAS AND NOTES, 1970-1989
Staff, 1970-1989
Advisory board, 1971-1988
REPORTS, 1970-1992, n.d.
General
City of Berkeley Task force on the Disabled, 1970-1985
Concerned Citizens for the Disabled (CCCD) Sacramento, CA, 1973
National Center for Law and the Handicapped, 1973, ca. 1976
United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975
Center for Independent Living: Section 504 and the 1978 Rehabilitation Act, 1978
Independent Living for People with Severe Disabilities: A Cross-Sectional Study, 1982
Handicapped Student Programs and Services: Laney College, Programs and Services, 1985
State of California
Dept. of Rehabilitation, 1970-1989
Legislature, 1977-1987
Post-Secondary Education Commission, 1979-1983
University of California, Berkeley
City and Regional Planning Department Courses, 1970-1971
Courses on Disability: Public Health 191A, Sociology 198, 1971
Response to Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 1973
Federal Section 504 Committee, 1977-1984
CU-479 University of California Policy Applying to Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap, 1978
Section 504 memorandum and press releases, 1977
Campus Access and Section 504 reports, 1977
CU-479 Memo to Dan Fingerman, Task Force on Implementation of 504, November 18, 1977
CU-479 Disabled Access Survey - Personnel Office, October 19, 1977
Disability Facilities Management Survey, 1977-1978
CU-479 CAC Deficiencies, Physically Handicapped, Step 2 Account 911290, February 22, 1978
Report on Section 504, [ca. 1977-1978
Campus Interim Transition Plan for Section 504 compliance, 1978
Coordinating Committee for the Removal of Architectural Barriers (CCRAB), 1977-1992
University of California Berkeley Campus Access Requirements, 1990
University of California Berkeley Campus Access Handbook, 1990
CU-479 Cover, 1990
CU-479 p. 1, 1990
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Interim ADA Title II Transition Plan, July 1992 [Carton 4, Folder 20], July 1992
CU-479 UC Berkeley Interim Title II Transition Plan, 1990
CU-479 p. A-2, 1992
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DSP
Recruiting, ca. 1970-1972
Evaluation questionnaires, 1975, n.d.
Program Review, 1977-1978
Data compilation of student evaluations, 1980-1981
Final Interim Report, 1987
Conferences
California Association of the Physically Handicapped, 1972
Human Sexuality and the Disabled, 1974
Association on Handicapped Student Service Programs in Post-Secondary Education (AHSSPPE), 1978, 1981-1986
California Association of Post-Secondary Educators of the Disabled convention, 1989
PUBLICATIONS, 1972-1988, n.d.
Verbatim [Newsletter], 1972-1988
Brochures, n.d.
Housing guides, ca. 1977, 1980, n.d.
Guide to Independent Living for Disabled Students: University of California at Berkeley, 1976
Berkeley Access: Accessibility Guide to Restaurants and Entertainment, 1978
EVENTS, 1980-1993
Disability Awareness Day, 1980-1985
Earthquake Day Planning, 1980
International Year of Disabled Persons 1981, 1981
Twentieth Reunion, 1982
China Fund for the Handicapped Delegation Visit, 1987
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Reunion, 1987
Stephen Hawking visit, 1988
Graduation 1993, 1993
OFFICE FACILITIES, 1979-1990
Durant Avenue, 1976-1977
Channing Way, 1977-1990
Cesar E. Chavez Student Center, 1983-1990
MEDIA COVERAGE, 1970-1994, n.d.
Press Clippings, 1970-1994
SERIES 2: SERVICES, 1970-1994, n.d.
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
RESIDENCE PROGRAM, 1970-1994, n.d.
Evaluation of the Cowell Residence Program UC Berkeley Social Welfare 198 course, 1970
Cowell Hospital Quadriplegic Facilities Blueprints, 1972-1973
Pilot program in residence halls, Cowell Hospital residences, 1974-1975
Fire Safety procedures, 1975-1980
PASS (Program Analysis of Service System) UC Evaluation, 1976-1977
Disabled Students Housing Committee, 1979-1984
Correspondence, 1979-1990
Resident Evaluation questionnaires, 1981
State of California evaluation, 1985
Brochures, 1975-1981
Poster, n.d.
Press Clippings, 1979-1994
ATTENDANTS, 1974-1981, n.d.
Job Descriptions, 1974
Residence Program Attendant Services, 1975-1980
Berkeley Independent Video Project: Attendant Care, 1980-1981
Attendant Care Issues: articles and papers, n.d.
TRANSPORTATION, 1970-1987, n.d.
Wheelchair Repair Shop
Funding: Class of 1970 Alumni Gift, 1970
Wheelchair Repair Shop Correspondence, 1982-1985
Wheelchair Repair Shop Service Evaluations, 1984-1985
University and Public Transportation
Campus transportation and equipment files, 1979-1987
Tractor-tram proposal for UC Campus Transportation, 1979
Transportation and Related Services on Campuses: Some Ideas on Why and How to Furnish Them, n.d.
City of Berkeley Transportation for the Disabled, 1985
Clippings on Accessible Public Transportation, n.d.
EMPLOYMENT, 1971-1990
Job Development, 1971-1990
Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped Meeting Report (California), 1972
Employment project notes, 1973
Oakland Demonstration Project: Job Development Specialist for the Disabled, 1974-1978
Internships for people with disabilities, 1978-1979
Employment survey report, 1981, 1987
Employment services, 1987
BLIND SERVICES, 1970-1984
Reports on Blind Services by David Konkel, 1970-1972
Disabled and Blind Action Committee of Northern California (DBAC), 1972-1973
Support Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Students Questionnaire, 1984
DEAF SERVICES, 1975-1987
Deaf Services, 1975-1987
Deaf Counseling and Referral Agency (DCARA), 1975-1980
Deaf Student Services Component Draft Proposal, 1977
American Sign Language, 1980
LIBRARY SERVICES, 1976-1992
Library Task Force on the Physically Disabled User, 1976
Physical Disability and general Library access, 1980
CCRAB (Coordinating Committee for the Removal of Architectural Barriers) Sub-committee on Library Access, 1981
SERIES 3: SUSAN O'HARA PAPERS, 1970-1999, n.d.
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
General, ca. 1970-1990
Move to Berkeley, 1971-1972
Thank you notes, 1978-1986
United Air: wheelchair Damage and Repair, 1982-1983
General notes, 1976-1989
Residence Program speech notes, 1981
Notebooks, 1983-1986
Calendars, 1980-1983, 1985-1987, 1990-1992
DSP Advisory Board Meetings, 1993
DSP Staff andAlumni Files
General, A-Z, 1981-1993, n.d.
Bonney, Sharon, 1979-1986
Henley, Norma, 1988
Hessler, John, 1965
Heumann, Judy, 1993
Hiserman, Mary Ann, 1993-1996
Hogan, Brian, 1984-1989
Jagoe, Kathy, 1980-1987
O'Brien, Mark, 1982-1999
Roberts, Edward V.,1939-1995, 1962-1995
Roberts, Zona, 1920-, 1995
Wiseman, Herb, 1983
Disabled Persons Independence Movement: Berkeley Beginnings [Oral History Project]
Notes, 1981-1988
NEH Grant Proposals, 1984-1986
Prytanean Alumnae Funds, 1993