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   II. Independent Living, Disability Politics, CIDNY, and ICS     Consciousness of rights and options, limits of life at Goldwater Memorial Hospital     Mayor's Office of the Handicapped, 1971     Involvement with Disabled In Action     Move to independent living     Center for the Independence of the Disabled of New York, 1978-79     From empowerment-based to crisis intervention     Inability to sustain coalitions     Connection with Ed Roberts     Executive Director of Services at CIDNY, 1983-1998     Start of Independence Care System, 1995-96     Director of advocacy   III. Discussion of ADA, Societal Attitudes, and Disability Culture     Denise Sherer Jacobson