Christine Dahlberg and Ric Edwards - Spreading the Word About the ADA
“We actually heard from a number of different people in a lot of different communities,” explains Ric Edwards of the town meetings held when Justin Dart visited Indiana. Christine Dahlberg discusses the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities role in arranging meetings and inviting…
Title
Christine Dahlberg and Ric Edwards - Spreading the Word About the ADA
Subject
Legislation
Disability Rights Movement
Description
“We actually heard from a number of different people in a lot of different communities,” explains Ric Edwards of the town meetings held when Justin Dart visited Indiana. Christine Dahlberg discusses the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities role in arranging meetings and inviting disability organizations to the meetings. “Our job was to find a venue and get it all set up and make sure all the advocates were invited and that there was sufficient room for them, and then even to try and get media coverage of the rallies.” Ric explains the stories they heard at the rallies laid the groundwork for the ADA. “We were able to not only hear from people as to what the real problems were, but we were able to put that into an act and actually try and address some of those questions, some of those problems, and remove some of those barriers.”
Once the rallies were over, the work started on making sure the legislation passed. Christine says, “We didn’t have the internet back then.” Instead, telephones calls, mailings and faxes helped get information out to people. Ric recalls making a lot of phone calls, “I can remember the ear getting so red and swollen that you had to switch ears.” Christine and Ric were interviewed at the 2009 Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities Conference.
Once the rallies were over, the work started on making sure the legislation passed. Christine says, “We didn’t have the internet back then.” Instead, telephones calls, mailings and faxes helped get information out to people. Ric recalls making a lot of phone calls, “I can remember the ear getting so red and swollen that you had to switch ears.” Christine and Ric were interviewed at the 2009 Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities Conference.
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
Christine Dahlberg - interviewee
Ric Edwards - interviewee
Phil Stafford - interviewer
Jennie Todd - interviewer
Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor
Rights
Copyright © 2018 The Trustees of Indiana University
Format
video/mp4
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
126-mi
Access Rights
Open to all users
Bibliographic Citation
"Spreading the Word About the ADA YouTube video, 00:06:09, interview excerpt 126-mi by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on September 12, 2018, https://youtu.be/Jo9Q_iJB99E
Spatial Coverage
Indiana
Temporal Coverage
1980s
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