Administrator at Berkeley's Center for Independent Living and the California Department of Rehabilitation, cofounder of the World Institute on Disability
By: Joan Leon ; an interview conducted by Susan O'Hara in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: O'Hara, Susan, 1938-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Roberts, Edward V., 1939-1995; Heumann, Judith E., 1947-; Center for Independent Living; World Institute on Disability; California. Dept. of Rehabilitation; United States; People with disabilities -- Services for -- California; People with disabilities -- United States -- Political activity; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- United States; People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions
Other titles: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
Description: Background in journalism; grant writing at Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, CA, 1973-1976; assistant to director Ed Roberts at California State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1976-1982; input into federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and amendments; cofounding of World Institute on Disability with Ed Roberts and Judith Heumann, 1983-1997; discussion of independent living concept, international work on disability issues, development of adaptive technology, federal and state legislative response; reflections on contributions of Ed Roberts and Judy Heumann and other leaders of disability movement.