Dawn Adams - The Work of Indiana Disability Rights

Dawn Adams - The Work of Indiana Disability Rights

Disability Rights Movement

Advocacy

Indiana Disability Rights (IDR, IPAS)

"In every state and territory in the country there is what is called P & A, which is short for Protection and Advocacy System. So every state is required to have a designated agency that serves as the state's P&A, who is there to protect and advocate specifically for people with disabilities." Dawn Adams, Executive Director of Indiana Disability Rights, was interviewed in 2016. Indiana Disability Rights is the service arm of the Indiana Protection & Advocacy Services (IPAS) Commission. She describes the work of the independent state agency that does not answer to the Governor's office, although the Governor appoints four out of 13 members of the Commission.

Indiana Disability History Project

2017-10-30

Dawn Adams - interviewee

Phil Stafford - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

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video/mp4

English

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Indiana

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

2016