Darcus Nims - "They Didn't Think I Could Do It"

In 2006, we asked Darcus Nims to discuss her biggest accomplishment. She said, “Most proudest thing would be getting self-advocates started, that showing people that what all the special stuff that disability people can do, you know.” Darcus founded Self-Advocates of Indiana, the statewide group of…

Title

Darcus Nims - "They Didn't Think I Could Do It"

Subject

Self-Advocacy
Family

Description

In 2006, we asked Darcus Nims to discuss her biggest accomplishment. She said, “Most proudest thing would be getting self-advocates started, that showing people that what all the special stuff that disability people can do, you know.” Darcus founded Self-Advocates of Indiana, the statewide group of advocates with intellectual/developmental disabilities, in 1990. While Darcus continued her self-advocacy work, she took on the responsibility to care for her family. People told her she could'nt do her advocacy work and care for her family, but she proved everyone wrong. She was interviewed two years before her death at the age of 50.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Contributor

Darcus Nims - interviewee
Jennie Todd - interviewer
Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

Rights

Copyright © 2018 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

031-mi-03

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

031-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Darcus Nims - They Didn't Think I Could Do It" YouTube video, 00:03:34, interview excerpt 031-mi-02 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on November 16, 2018, https://youtu.be/4tmR8rGudYc

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

Temporal Coverage

1990 - 2006

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