Political Organizer for Disability Rights, 1970s-1990s, and Strategist for Section 504 Demonstrations, 1977

Introductory Materials   I Childhood and High School Years, 1944-1962   II College Years at the University of Illinois   III Developing Political Organizing Skills in the Young Socialist Alliance and Socialist Workers Party   IV Political Organizing at the Center for Independent Living     Working with Hale Zukas     Organizing for Curb Ramps in Oakland     The Homemaker Chore Funding Issue, Fall 1975     Comparing Berkeley with the University of Illinois     Remembering People at CIL, mid-1970s     CIL's Loose Structure     Why the Independent Living Movement Took Hold in Berkeley     California's Attendant Care Program     Hale Zukas, "An Unsung Hero": Public Transportation Issues     BART Handicapped Task Force     Pressuring AC Transit     Role as Political Organizer at CIL     More on Hale's Impact on Kitty and the Movement     Greg Sanders' Benefits Counseling   V Sojourn in Mexico, 1975-1976   VI Organizing the Struggle to Sign the 504 Regulations, 1977   VII Organizing to Implement 504   VIII Adopting a Child in Mexico and Becoming a Parent   IX Returning to Struggle for Disabled Civil Rights, 1984   X Beginning to Work at DREDF, 1990   XI Reflections on Family Life and Pondering the Future   XII Reflections on the Disability Rights Movement   Appendix