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New York activists and leaders in the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement volume IDisability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Allison, Larry, 1943-2014, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McQuade, Denise, 1948-, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Saviola, Marilyn E., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Jacobson, Denise Sherer, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,, issuing body.Abstract:
Growing up in Corning, New York; first contact with people with disabilities at Camp Oakhurst; Camp Jened and the work-camp
experience; founding the 504 Democratic Club, 1975-1981; Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, 1973; American Coalition
of Citizens with Disabilities; fighting architectural barriers at polling sites; polling work in the Giuliani campaigns,
1993-1997; reflections on disability rights movement leaders Eunice Fiorito and Judith Heumann.
Childhood and family in Brooklyn, New York; contracting polio, 1951; formation of Disabled in Action, 1970; work with the
Mayor's Office for the Handicapped; the Rehabilitation Act, 1973; Americans with Disabilities Act; ADA transportation compliance;
504 demonstrations; American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities; Center for Independence of the Disabled of New York
and the self-help model; secretary of the Board of the National Council on Independent Living; executive director of Brooklyn
Center for Independence of the Disabled; work in the ADA Compliance Office.
Contracting polio, 1955, life at Goldwater Memorial Hospital; admission to Long Island University, 1965, accessibility issues
on campus; reflections on Judith Heumann; beginning of activist career; demonstrations against the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
and Goldwater Memorial Hospital; Mayor's Office of the Handicapped, 1971; leaving Goldwater Memorial Hospital, 1973; Center
for the Independence of the Disabled of New York, 1978-79; Ed Roberts; Executive Director of Services at CIDNY, 1983-98; beginnings
of the Independent Care System, 1995-56; Americans with Disabilities Act; disability culture and hierarchy
Date:
2001 (issued)Contents:
Camp Jened administrator, deputy director at New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, 1973-1974 / Larry
Allison -- Early activist in Disabled in Action, advocate for independent living and transit issues / Denise McQuade -- Move
to personal independence and activism, director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York, 1983-1998
/ Marilyn Saviola.
Subject:
n-us-nyAllison, Larry -- 1943-2014 -- Interviews
McQuade, Denise -- 1948- -- Interviews
Saviola, Marilyn E -- Interviews
Heumann, Judith E -- 1947-
Center for the Independence of the Disabled, New York.
People with disabilities -- New York (State) -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Political activity -- New York (State)
People with disabilities -- Services for -- New York (State)
People with disabilities -- Transportation -- New York (State)
Camp Jened (N.Y.)
Note:
interviews conducted by Denise Sherer Jacobson in 2001.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Interview transcripts also available online.
Interviews also available on audiocassette (Phonotape 4037 C). Allison: no. 1-3; McQuade: no. 4-11; Saviola: no. 12-14. McQuade
interview 5 side B (no. 8) is inaudible.
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:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
1 volume (vi, 224 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
14 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.