Political organizer for disability rights, 1970s-1990s, and strategist for Section 504 demonstrations, 1977
By: Kitty Cone ; an interview conducted by David Landes, 1996-1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Landes, David.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Breslin, Mary Lou, 1944-; Heumann, Judith E., 1947-; Roberts, Edward V., 1939-1995.; Zukas, Hale.; Seligman, Brad, 1951-; Center for Independent Living.; World Institute on Disability.; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.; United States.; People with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.; People with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco -- Political activity.; Barrier-free design -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; People with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Transportation.; Demonstrations -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
Description: Family background in Champaign, IL; education in the South, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; muscular dystrophy diagnosis, health care, family support; University of Illinois, 1962-1967: Rehabilitation Center, civil rights activism, Students for a Democratic Society; political organizing for Socialist Workers Party, 1967-1974, in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Berkeley; political organizing for Center for Independent Living, including issues of curb ramps, attendant care, access to transportation (BART, AC Transit, SF Muni), architectural access; lesbian life in the United States and Mexico; HEW's 504 regulations: importance, sit-in to guarantee signature, implementation, 1977-1979; adoption of and raising of son, Jorge; working for disability civil rights at World Institute on Disability, CIL, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF); reflections on feminism, racism, paternalism, medical insurance; reflections on Mary Lou Breslin, Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, Hale Zukas, Brad Seligman; passage of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 1990; comments on substance abuse, environmental and mental disabilities, HIV-AIDS.