Indiana Disability History

Title

Andrea Pepler-Murray - The Wheelchair Warrior

Subject

Education

Inclusion

Cerebral Palsy

Description

"He slammed the paper on the principal's table and he says 'Don't tell me that this child is retarded - look at what she's done.'" As a child in Hammond, Indiana, Andrea Pepler-Murray had been placed in segregated special education classes. It took an art teacher to advocate for her educational potential. Andrea describes her struggle to be recognized and how she eventually became an activist for campus accessibility at Purdue Calumet University in Hammond. There she founded Hoosier ADAPT, an student group focusing on disability rights. In 2007, Pepler-Murray graduated from the university (renamed Purdue University Northwest) with a degree in Communication and Creative Arts.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Contributor

Andrea Pepler-Murray - Interviewee

Jane Harlan-Simmons - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer/Editor

Rights

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

081-mi

Access Rights

Open to all users

Bibliographic Citation

"Andrea Pepler-Murray - The Wheelchair Warrior" YouTube video, 00:05:48, interview excerpt 081-mi by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on August 28, 2017, https://youtu.be/Qxx_eCHHfyM.

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Lake County, Hammond

Temporal Coverage

1960 - 2006