Attendant in the Cowell Residence Program, wheelchair technologist, and participant/observer of Berkeley's disability community, 1967-1990s
By: Charles A. Grimes ; an interview conducted by David Landes, 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley,
Contributors: Landes, David.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Cowell Memorial Hospital (Berkeley, Calif.). Residence Program.; Rolling Quads.; University of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students Program.; Center for Independent Living.; Berkeley Outreach Recreation Program.; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.; People with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley.; College students with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Political activity.; People with disabilities -- Care -- California -- Berkeley.; People with disabilities -- Services for -- California -- Berkeley.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions.
Other titles: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
Description: Early experiences with disability; attendant at Cowell Hospital Residence Program, UC Berkeley, 1967-1971, with reflections on John Hessler and Ed Roberts; the Rolling Quads; politics of 1960s, refusing draft induction; disabled students' relationship with the Dept. of Rehabilitation; mechanical problems with wheelchairs, beds, medical devices; Physically Disabled Students Program, UC Berkeley, 1971-1979: affirmative action, transportation, architectural adaptations, staff tensions; connection between civil rights and disability rights; founding of Center for Independent Living: wheelchair repair shop, computer training, relations with Office of Education; Berkeley Outreach Recreation Program; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund's Section 504 Trainings, 1980s; reflections on disability rights movement on Berkeley campus and Bay Area; relations with campus staff and faculty, Eleanor Smith, Betty Nealy, Fred Collington; disability community leaders, Mary Lou Breslin, Susan O'Hara, Donald Lorence, Zona Roberts, others.