Indiana Disability History

Title

A Mother's Instinct -Sharon Hauss on Family Advocacy

Subject

Medical

Family

Cerebral Palsy

Advocacy

Description

"Let's wait and see what he can do," is what doctors told Sharon after the birth of her son in the 1980s. Fortunately, Sharon didn't wait around. She searched out services for him and as he got older, she continued to advocate for him by enrolling him in a community preschool. There have been many struggles and triumphs over the years, but today Sharon's son is a college graduate with an interest computers.

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

2016-11-08

Contributor

Sharon Hauss - Interviewee

Philip Stafford - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer / Editor

Rights

Relation

028-do-01

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Moving Image

Identifier

028-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

028-mi

028-do

Bibliographic Citation

"Sharon Hauss - A Mother's Instinct," YouTube video, 00:08:35, from an interview by the Indiana Disability History Project on June 16, 2016, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on November 8, 2016, https://youtu.be/AnVEi1QF3SE

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Monroe County, Bloomington

Temporal Coverage

1985-2016