Karen Vaughn - The Time Ed Roberts Visited Indiana

Karen Vaughn - The Time Ed Roberts Visited Indiana

Disability Rights Movement

Advocacy

Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities

“It changed my life,” explains Karen Vaughn of her experience going through Partners in Policymaking in 1992. A leadership training program for adults with disabilities and parents, Partners in Policymaking had been recently initiated by the Indiana Governor's Planning Council for People with Disabilities. The following year she returned as a graduate to assist new participants. Ed Roberts, considered the founder of the nation's independent-living movement, was an invited guest to speak to the Partners in Policymaking group that year. Karen discusses some of Ed’s achievements throughout his life. She also shares a funny story about Ed visiting her apartment. Karen, an Indianapolis resident who became a leader in disability advocacy, was interviewed in 2010.

Indiana Disability History Project

2010

Karen Vaughn - Interviewee

Jennie Todd - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer/editor

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video/mp4

English

Moving Image

096-mi

Open to all users

"Karen Vaughn - The Time Ed Roberts Visited Indiana" YouTube video, 00:09:31, interview excerpt 096-mi by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on November 30, 2017, https://youtu.be/BHGB9wDKapg.

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

1992-1993