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Transcript: Sandy Braunbeck Interview

Sandy Braunbeck grew up with an agency serving people with disabilities in southern Indiana. Now known as Rauch, Inc., it was founded in New Albany in 1953. Her father, George "Tooter" Tinius, worked at Rauch and her brothers helped with the summer…

Transcript: Steve Hinkle Interview

"So you take funding, you take turmoil, you take parents, you take need, and then you had that end of society and their reactions to a person with 'mental retardation'..." When Steve (Stephen L.) Hinkle took on the challenges and leadership of the…

Transcript: Sue Beecher Interview

"When I started in 1977, when people were admitted they brought with them what was called their death bag." The bag contained the clothing that residents of New Castle State Hospital were to be buried in. Sue Beecher recalls her employment at the…

Transcript: Suellen Jackson-Boner Interview

"The initiative on livable communities is one that I was super excited about, because I think to me that's where the disability community should be." Suellen Jackson-Boner discusses the direction that the Indiana Governor's Council for People with…

Transcript: The Supported Employment Movement

The supported employment movement, an initiative to expand the opportunities for people with disabilities to find work in their own communities through vocational rehabilitation and ongoing job coaching, began spreading across the United States…

Transcript: Tom Olin ADA Exhibit Talk

“The shot that was heard around the world for people with disabilities,” is how one of Tom Olin’s photographic images has been described. As part of the ADA at 25 Legacy Tour, the Monroe County History Center in Bloomington, Indiana hosted an exhibit…

Transcript: Vicki Pappas Interview

"The biggest thing is the values that started with the Deinstitutionalization Project and went on through all of our projects about consumer advocacy, self-determination, empowerment to people with disabilities, language use... just totally different…

Type 'n Speak Notetaker and Monocular Lens

Type 'n Speak was an electronic notetaker with voice output, designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. The unit required no knowledge of Braille, featured a standard QWERTY computer-style keyboard with Braille mode, and…

U.S. Supreme Court Building

This is a photograph of the exterior of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. The photo was taken on June 7, 2009 by Mark Fischer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fischerfotos/).

Vicki Pappas Interview