Director of the UC Berkeley Disabled Students' Program, 1988-1992; coordinator of the Residence Program, 1975-1988, and community historian
By: Susan O'Hara ; an interview conducted by David Landes in 1997. Regional 0ral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Landes, David.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: University of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students Program.; University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings -- Access for the physically handicapped.; University of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students Residence Program.; Women with disabilities -- Interviews.; People with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.; Barrier-free design -- California -- Berkeley.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Political activity.; Poliomyelitis -- Patients -- Interviews.; People with disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- California -- Berkeley.; People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
Description: Childhood and education in Illinois; contracting polio, 1955; family support and adjustments; high school teaching, Ilinois and California; observations as a participant in the Cowell Hospital Residence Program, summer 1971; coordinator of Disabled Students' Residence Program, 1975-1988: transition from hospital setting to university residence halls; director of the Disabled Students' Program at Berkeley, 1988-1992: facilitating independent living for students and orientation for families; politics of disability movement; relationship with California Department of Rehabilitation; removal of architectural barriers on University of California, Berkeley campus; organizing disability conferences; travel in Japan and Europe; contributions of Ed Roberts, Zona Roberts, John Hessler, and others to the disability rights movement.