Ric Edwards - Spending Time with Justin Dart

Ric Edwards - Spending Time with Justin Dart

Disability Rights Movement

Legislation

“He was very gracious, and he was definitely a character.” That is how Ric Edwards described Justin Dart. Ric shares a story about the first time he met Justin Dart. He says, “I didn’t know anything about him but by his reputation.” Ric found their time together entertaining. They shared a common understanding that their work with the ADA would not only affect them, but it would affect generations to follow.

One thing Ric learned from Justin Dart is the importance of being at the table when policies are being made. Ric states, “In order for us to make a change, people with disabilities, not only do we have to have this act, but we also have to have the ability to communicate with those people and become those people that are making the changes and the decisions." Ric was interviewed at the 2009 Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities Conference in Indianapolis.

Indiana Disability History Project

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

Ric Edwards - interviewee

Jennie Todd - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

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"Ric Edwards - Spending Time with Justin Dart" YouTube video, 00:03:59, interview excerpt 118-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on September 12, 2018, https://youtu.be/-gzFMLVlXXM

Indiana

1980s