New York Activists and Leaders in the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement: Vol I

Acknowledgements   Series History Larry Allison   Foreword     Tape Guide     Interview History--Larry Allison   I. Personal Background and the Camp Jened Years, 1965-1973   II. Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Civil Service Employment, and Reflections, 1973-2001 Denise McQuade   Foreword     Tape Guide     Interview History--Denise McQuade   I. Early Years; A Burgeoning Activist Identity; The Creation of Disabled in Action [DIA]   II. More on Dia, Promoting Accessible Mass Transit     An incident with a young woman at a United Cerebral Palsy Center, the loss that accompanies having a disability, the stages of disability     Disability culture, remembering the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], not minimizing the difficulties of having a disability     Board member and steering committee of DIA, Student Organization for Every Disability for Progress, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, fighting for civil rights     Promoting access to mass transit, ADA compliance in transportation, fostering dependence in children with disabilities     The trend to mainstream children, the role of the paraprofessional, the misuse of SSI, attitudes about the potential of children with disabilities     A need for role models for children with disabilities     The goal of expanding DIA nationally, Judy Heumann's decision to go to California and her role as a leader     Diversity in DIA, conflicts, and romantic involvements     A march to the United Nations on behalf of civil rights for people with disabilities     DIA strategies, funding     People with spinal cord injuries in DIA, people with other disabilities     DIA during Judy Heumann's absence, working at Independent Living for the Handicapped     Rivalry between Brooklyn and Manhattan, leaving DIA     Strategizing for accessible mass transit, participating in 504 demonstrations to force Secretary Califano to promulgate the regulations   III. The Development of the First Independent Living Center in New York, Working for New York City Transit Marilyn Saviola   Foreword     Tape Guide     Interview History--Marilyn Saviola   I. Early Years, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Education, Activism, 1945-1973   II. Independent Living, Disability Politics, CIDNY, and ICS   III. Discussion of ADA, Societal Attitudes, and Disability Culture     Denise Sherer Jacobson