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 Marilyn Saviola   Foreword     Tape Guide     Interview History--Marilyn Saviola   I. Early Years, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Education, Activism, 1945-1973     Family background     Onset of polio, 1955     Impact of disability on home life     Decision to live at Goldwater Memorial Hospital     Inadequate education supplemented by volunteer tutors     Struggles for admission to Long Island University, 1965     Inadequate accessibility on campus     Recalls Judy Heumann     Becomes an activist     Disability in a sociological context: getting more militant     Independent living without key elements     Demonstrations against Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Goldwater Memorial Hospital     The ordeal of graduate school, 1970     Moves from Goldwater Memorial Hospital, 1973   II. Independent Living, Disability Politics, CIDNY, and ICS   III. Discussion of ADA, Societal Attitudes, and Disability Culture     Denise Sherer Jacobson