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   III. The Development of the First Independent Living Center in New York, Working for New York City Transit     American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities [ACCD]     The formation of an independent living center in New York, the impact of Willowbrook     Independent Living for the Handicapped, Brooklyn: the office, staff, funding, agenda     The issue of nondisabled directors, recruiting activists to be board members     Finding qualified staff     The challenges of getting the center started, the population served and services provided     Working with the Center for Independence of the Disabled of New York [CIDNY], the self-help model, moving the office to a safer location     Definition of and issues in home care, concepts for independent living     Personnel probelms, potential fraud, screening and training home care attendants     Secretary of the Board of the National Council on Independent Living [NCIL], working to pass a new state building code, External Vice President of NCIL, overseeing the legislative committee     Executive Director of Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc., 1984-1992, the challenge of Expo '91 and learning to delegate responsibilities, the drawbacks of having numerous centers in New York and the need for one corporate structure, pros and cons of working "inside" the system     Appointment to the transportation disabled committeee, developing paratransit service and making mass transit accessible, the issue of securement on the buses     Receiving training in implementing the ADA and training others, a complaint from the state, experiencing burn-out     Working for New York City Transit in the ADA Compliance Office, conflicts between the transit and the disability commmunity regarding issues of compliance     The accessibility of the buses, improvements implemented by New York City Transit     Reflections on changes in accessibility, portrayal of people with disabilities in popular culture, progress in attitudes toward people with disabilities     Looking toward the future: more governmental responsibility for ADA compliance 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