Pat Howey Interview
"She shouldn't have to be put on a bus and spend 45 minutes on a bus one way to go to school," explains Pat Howey of her daughter's experience at six years old being sent to a school for children with physical disabilities. Pat discusses her educational advocacy for her daughter in the late 1980s in…
Title
Pat Howey Interview
Subject
Advocacy
Education
Family
Description
"She shouldn't have to be put on a bus and spend 45 minutes on a bus one way to go to school," explains Pat Howey of her daughter's experience at six years old being sent to a school for children with physical disabilities. Pat discusses her educational advocacy for her daughter in the late 1980s in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. She shares how those experiences lead her to become a nationally known special education advocate and consultant. Pat says, “I first got involved in special education advocacy pretty much the day my daughter entered kindergarten.” During her daughter’s school years, Pat helped build a strong advocacy movement in Tippecanoe County. “We were able to make a lot of changes. We had people filing state complaints. I mean, they were just active all over the place,” explains Pat.
Today, Pat sees parents fighting the same battles she fought in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. She says, “We are hearing the same things today that we heard back in the '80s and '90s -- we would love to do that, but we don't have the money for it.” Pat tells parents to stay vigilant. She recommends parents start requesting hearings and start filing complaints. Pat Howey was interviewed in Indianapolis in 2016.
Today, Pat sees parents fighting the same battles she fought in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. She says, “We are hearing the same things today that we heard back in the '80s and '90s -- we would love to do that, but we don't have the money for it.” Pat tells parents to stay vigilant. She recommends parents start requesting hearings and start filing complaints. Pat Howey was interviewed in Indianapolis in 2016.
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
Date
2018-10-12
Contributor
Pat Howey - interviewee
Jane Harlan-Simmons - interviewer
Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor
Rights
Copyright © 2018 The Trustees of Indiana University
Relation
048-do
Format
video/mp4
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
048-mi
Access Rights
Open to all users
Bibliographic Citation
"Pat Howey Interview" YouTube video, 00:34:21, interview 048-mi, Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on October 12, 2018, https://youtu.be/wq_f11Vk5_E
Spatial Coverage
Indiana, Tippecanoe County
Temporal Coverage
1980s - 2016
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