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Parent, special education advocate for the Center for Independent Living's Disability Law Resource Center and attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, 1979-2002 /
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Title:

Parent, special education advocate for the Center for Independent Living's Disability Law Resource Center and attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, 1979-2002
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Lipton, Diane, 1945-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Jacobson, Denise Sherer, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,, issuing body.

Abstract:

Childhood and family in Queens, New York, 1945-63; early experiences with people with disabilities; black-Jewish relations during the Civil Rights era; enrollment at UC Berkeley, 1963-66; involvement in the Free Speech Movement; premature birth of triplets, 1972; daughter's diagnosis of cerebral palsy; George Miller West Development Center; Regional Center services, 1973; Cameron School for Orthopedically Handicapped,1975; beginnings of parent advocacy; rehabilitation counseling masters program at San Francisco State; involvement with Disability Law Resource Center and the Center for Independent Living; law school, 1979-85; Education for all Handicapped Children Act, 1975; challenging school segregation; Americans with Disabilities Act; Disability Rights and Education and Defense Fund; post-high school transition program; Community Supported Living Arrangement.

Date:

2001 (issued)

Subject:

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Women lawyers -- California -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc -- California
People with disabilities -- Services for -- California
Special education -- California
Avocates -- Californie -- Entretiens
Personnes handicapées -- Services -- Californie
Éducation spéciale -- Californie
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
People with disabilities -- Services for
Special education
Women lawyers
California
Center for Independent Living. -- Disability Law Resource Center.
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.
Center for Independent Living. -- Disability Law Resource Center
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.
Lipton, Diane -- 1945- -- Interviews

Note:

Diane Lipton ; interviews conducted by Denise Jacobson in 2001.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Interview transcript also available online.
Interview also available on audiocassette (Phonotape 4041 C).
Oral histories are 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 Permissions Officer, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Interviews.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

1 volume (x, 124 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
12 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Oral histories are 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 Permissions Officer, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.