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Disability advocate, organizer, researcher; executive director of the National Council on Disability /
BANC MSS 2018/141; Phonotape 4048 C no.1; Phonotape 4048 C no.2; Phonotape 4048 C no.3; ...
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Title:

Disability advocate, organizer, researcher; executive director of the National Council on Disability
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Frieden, Lex, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bonney, Sharon, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

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

Abstract:

Childhood in rural Oklahoma, auto accident and rehabilitation for spinal cord injury at The Institute on Rehabilitation Research, Houston 1967-68; accommodation at Tulsa University; experiences with vocational rehabilitation; origins of Houston Cooperative Living Program; formation of Wheelchair Independence Now, 1971 (later Win Independence Now); founding the Coalition for Barrier Free Living, 1974; involvement with American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities; Houston Center for Independent Living, 1974; influence of civil rights and antiwar movement; 1973 Rehabilitation Act; relationship between independent living and disability rights; helping draft the Americans with Disabilities Act; cofounding the National Council on Independent Living, 1977; Disabled Peoples International and Rehabilitation International and International Disability Alliance; reflections on Justin Dart.

Date:

2002 (issued)

Subject:

n-us---
Frieden, Lex -- Interviews
Dart, Justin -- 1930-2002
National Council on Disability (U.S.)
Wheelchair Independence Now.
Win Independence Now.
Coalition for Barrier Free Living.
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.
National Council on Independent Living (U.S.)
Disabled Peoples' International.
Rehabilitation International.
International Disability Alliance.
People with disabilities -- United States -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Services for -- United States

Note:

Lex Frieden ; interviews conducted by Sharon Bonney in 2002.
The narrator has not reviewed and corrected this transcript, but has expressed concern that there are inaccuracies. It has been deposited as an unbound manuscript.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Interviews also available on audiocassette (Phonotape 4048 C). One interview on videocassette (Motion Picture 1436 D). Audio only of this interview with call number Phonotape 4051 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:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

1 volume (xviii, 103 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
9 audiocassettes
1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2018/141
Phonotape 4048 C no.1
Phonotape 4048 C no.2
Phonotape 4048 C no.3
Phonotape 4048 C no.4
Phonotape 4048 C no.5
Phonotape 4048 C no.6
Phonotape 4048 C no.7
Phonotape 4048 C no.8
Motion Picture 1436 D
Phonotape 4051 C

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.