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Adrienne Asch: Disability Scholar and Advocate, Professor of Bioethics
Adrienne Asch, professor and director of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history project to document her contributions for more than three decades as an activist and scholar. She has had an important role as advocate and ac...
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Adrienne Asch, professor and director of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history project to document her contributions for more than three decades as an activist and scholar. She has had an important role as advocate and activist on disability issues in New York and nationally. Her scholarly work is broadly focused on the ethical, political, psychological,...
Adrienne Asch, professor and director of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history project to document her contributions for more than three decades as an activist and scholar. She has had an important role as advocate and activist on disability issues in New York and nationally. Her scholarly work is broadly focused on the ethical, political, psychological, and social implications of human reproduction and the family, to which she contributes a nuanced disability perspective.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Advocate on independent living and disability employment issues.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Alana Theriault: Crafting a Life of Independence and Advocacy
During her life Alana Theriault has fought for the right to live independently, to have adequate benefits and supports, and to be employed; and she has turned her hard-won experience into expertise which has benefited innumerable other people with disabilities. Theriault is highly regarded in California, and natio...
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During her life Alana Theriault has fought for the right to live independently, to have adequate benefits and supports, and to be employed; and she has turned her hard-won experience into expertise which has benefited innumerable other people with disabilities. Theriault is highly regarded in California, and nationally, for her knowledge and advocacy related to navigating public and private sector cash and health benefits systems, work incentive...
During her life Alana Theriault has fought for the right to live independently, to have adequate benefits and supports, and to be employed; and she has turned her hard-won experience into expertise which has benefited innumerable other people with disabilities. Theriault is highly regarded in California, and nationally, for her knowledge and advocacy related to navigating public and private sector cash and health benefits systems, work incentive policies, and independent living resources.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD)
A coalition of national, state, and local disability organizations active from 1975 to 1983, ACCD brought a cross-disability perspective to the movement and took a leading role in the national effort to force implementation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and passage of the Education of all Handic...
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A coalition of national, state, and local disability organizations active from 1975 to 1983, ACCD brought a cross-disability perspective to the movement and took a leading role in the national effort to force implementation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and passage of the Education of all Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Oral histories with several founders and leaders in ACCD are in the DRILM collection.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Anita (Aaron) Baldwin
Deputy director and head of blind services, Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, early 1980s. Listen to audio clip:On the chaotic atmosphere at the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, in the early 80s. Read audio clip transcript: On the chaotic atmosphere at the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, in...
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Deputy director and head of blind services, Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, early 1980s. Listen to audio clip:On the chaotic atmosphere at the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, in the early 80s. Read audio clip transcript: On the chaotic atmosphere at the Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, in the early 80s.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Anna Fay
Founding member of the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the National Paraplegia Foundation, the Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, and the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. View video clip: On the development of her disability identity during the demonstration against gasoline rat...
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Founding member of the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the National Paraplegia Foundation, the Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, and the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. View video clip: On the development of her disability identity during the demonstration against gasoline rationing. View video clip: On the defining issues for the disability movement in the 1970s in New York.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Anthony L. "Tony" Coelho
U.S. Congressman, 1978-1989, Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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U.S. Congressman, 1978-1989, Sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Anthony L. “Tony” Coelho: Congressional Advocate for Disability Rights, Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation
The oral history with Tony Coelho was initiated as part of the Social and Political Advocacy in the Epilepsy Community project, an outgrowth of the Regional Oral History Office’s ongoing series of oral histories on the disability rights and independent living movements. Including the perspectives of self-advocat...
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The oral history with Tony Coelho was initiated as part of the Social and Political Advocacy in the Epilepsy Community project, an outgrowth of the Regional Oral History Office’s ongoing series of oral histories on the disability rights and independent living movements. Including the perspectives of self-advocates, parents, and representatives of epilepsy organizations, the project explores the development of grassroots political activism, chan...
The oral history with Tony Coelho was initiated as part of the Social and Political Advocacy in the Epilepsy Community project, an outgrowth of the Regional Oral History Office’s ongoing series of oral histories on the disability rights and independent living movements. Including the perspectives of self-advocates, parents, and representatives of epilepsy organizations, the project explores the development of grassroots political activism, changes in the social and political climate surrounding epilepsy, and the role of the epilepsy community in the disability rights movement.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Anthony Tusler
Director, Disability Resource Center, Sonoma State University, 1975-1997; Cofounder, Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability, 1990. Listen to audio clip: On not recognizing disability in others. Read audio clip transcript: On not recognizing disability in others.
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Director, Disability Resource Center, Sonoma State University, 1975-1997; Cofounder, Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability, 1990. Listen to audio clip: On not recognizing disability in others. Read audio clip transcript: On not recognizing disability in others.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities
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Architectural Accessibility and Disability Rights in Berkeley and Japan
Yoshihiko Kawauchi was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Series because he is a leader in the disability rights movement in Japan, and an international expert in the field of universal design. Inspired by legal advances for people with disabilities in the United Sta...
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Yoshihiko Kawauchi was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Series because he is a leader in the disability rights movement in Japan, and an international expert in the field of universal design. Inspired by legal advances for people with disabilities in the United States, which he learned about as a visitor in the late 1980s, Mr. Kawauchi founded Legal Advocacy for the Defense of People and Disabilit...
Yoshihiko Kawauchi was interviewed for the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Series because he is a leader in the disability rights movement in Japan, and an international expert in the field of universal design. Inspired by legal advances for people with disabilities in the United States, which he learned about as a visitor in the late 1980s, Mr. Kawauchi founded Legal Advocacy for the Defense of People and Disabilities (LADD) in 1995. LADD was the first organization in Japan dedicated to advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities using law and policy as primary tools.
Professor Raymond Lifchez has long been recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of architectural accessibility for persons with disabilities in the 1970s. His Design for Independent Living in 1979, nominated for the American Book Award, was a pioneer study in the relationship of architecture and people with disabilities. In his long career in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, he initiated the practice of using consultants with disabilities in his design studios, an innovation for which he received the Distinguished Teaching Award at the university. He described this process in his book, Rethinking Architecture (1987). This interview is primarily concerned with Raymond Lifchez's contributions to the field of architectural access. Toward the end of the interview, he touches on a few of his other academic specialties.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Oral history
Publisher
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Person Discussed
Yoshihiko Kawauchi, 1953-, Raymond Lifchez, 1932-
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Disabilities, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974)
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