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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.86,0:00:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see in the corner the record button
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.54,0:00:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you should see that it's recording now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.55,0:00:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to mute myself now and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.14,0:00:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll go ahead and do your intro.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.81,0:00:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.56,0:00:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi there, I'm Marcie Roth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.16,0:00:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been working in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.14,0:00:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my whole adult life, and actually, \Nsince I was a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freshman in high school. I am currently
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the executive director and CEO of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,World Institute on Disability and I have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been working over the years and services
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people living in residential programs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early in my career with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children in school settings, people in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vocational rehabilitation, and people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in community living environments, then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the way, I became very involved in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability rights and in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the early days of advocacy before
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA was introduced. And then I worked
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disability advocacy organizations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost ever since. In addition to my own
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability, I'm also the parent of two now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adults with disabilities. My husband also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a disability and much of my family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also happen to be people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so disability rights is just part of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything I am and most everything I do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did spend from 2001 and onward focusing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much on what happens for people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with disabilities before, during, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after disasters. And that's been a real
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particular laser focus of mine ever since
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, I've had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an appointee in the Obama
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,administration to spend just about 8 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at FEMA, establishing FEMA's Office of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability Integration Coordination and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building a cadre of disability experts of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same pond, supporting governors and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emergency managers and most particularly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engaging people with disabilities and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability organizations in emergency
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparedness and throughout disaster
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,response recovery and mitigation. So one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last piece since I've been with the World
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Institute on Disability since last
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,September, my ongoing focus on global
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability rights has really been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I've had much more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to be actively involved in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have spent the time since joining
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WID building a strategic planning process
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting the organization to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establish new priorities, taking a look at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the organization's mission, and very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently establishing for particular areas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of focus for the organization as we move
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forward. Thank you Marcie. Excellent, okay
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize that my neighbor is chipping a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of brush today, so it's making a lot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of extra sound whenever I unmute, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't worry, it won't interfere with your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recording. Okay, so the first question is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the past. So tell of your first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memory realizing that there were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility issues, discrimination, or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack of inclusion. What is your personal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story or connection with the American with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act? What do you remember
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the day that it was signed, if
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,applicable? And what was the impact on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you and on others? Remember to tap
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something so that the camera shifts to you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you start.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first became aware of disability at a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very young age. I had a best friend in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first grade. His name was Gregory, and he
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I were just wonderful friends. We
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent a lot of time together, and then all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a sudden, one day Gregory was gone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know what happened to him or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he went and it wasn't until many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years later that I found out that Gregory
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had Down Syndrome, and he had been removed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my kindergarten class and first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grade I think it was at that point. And
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apparently he had been sent to some other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school, somewhere. And the loss of his
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friendship was pretty surprising and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't understand you know where he went
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on it, it was kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peculiar that we didn't just get to still
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be friends 'cause he didn't move away, he
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stopped going to my school. But I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember just being confused and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the next number of years, I lived in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a town that was also the home of Save the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children, and I was always very interested
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the work that Save the Children was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing and I am embarrassed to admit that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my earliest involvement in humanitarian
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work was from a very charity-model
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approach, and I spent a lot of my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,childhood raising money for Save the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children and getting involved in other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activities that were very much following
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the charity-pity model and certainly not a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,model making space for and lifting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up other people with disabilities. The
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onset of my disability wasn't until many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years later, but when I was in high school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the, I had a requirement to do...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't even remember what it's called now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community service! Sorry. I had the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to do--I had an obligation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do community service and I started off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the year of the first Earth Day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started crushing glass at the local
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling center and it turned out that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was really boring but lots of my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classmates were volunteering at a state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institution for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I joined them once a week and looking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back on it again, it was pretty shocking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at 13 years old, I was assigned as
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teacher of a classroom of 30 adults
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had never had the opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really attend school and they now had a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13-year old teacher once a week. Needless
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, I learned way more from them than
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they learned from me, but we had a lot of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fun and many of them became friends very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much along the rest of my path and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, some of them are no longer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive but there are a couple of people who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still very much a part of my life and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fortunately, they were successful in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberating themselves from that state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institution. And so they and many others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught me a lot. But the real pivotal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience for me, I was working back at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that state institution, it was my first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid job in disability services and I had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been hired to work in what was called a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"cottage" for 40 women with intellectual
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilites and this "cottage" was on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful grounds but the women lived in a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building 20 on one side, 20 on the other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,side and my responsibilities included
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assisting them in bathing and getting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dressed and in eating. Many of them were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unable to feed themselves. Some because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had never been given the opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others because of their physical
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability and a lack of any sort of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adapted utensils or other equipment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I was feeding people, the sort of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routine was the same every day. A plate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would come out, and there would be 3
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mounds of food on the plate. One mound was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always brown, one mound was always
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,green, and one mount was always white.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the meat, the vegetable, and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starch. And I know that people like to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eat their meals in different ways. There
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would also be a dessert every day, jello or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ice cream, again always in a mound.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I would spend time with each of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals who were having their meal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would sort of be working together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out if they preferred to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have, to eat their dessert first? Some
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people liked to do that. Did they prefer a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little bit of the brown and a little bit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the white all on the same fork? Did
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they not want their food touching? You
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know and I would sort of work back and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forth with them to try and figure out what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their preference was and I got in trouble
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was spending too much time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately, I was moved to a different
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,position because I was taking too much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time giving people an opportunity to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some choices and express some preferences.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was extremely pivotal and in many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways you know, those early early
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences have really totally driven who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am and what I believe all these years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later. In terms of the Americans with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability Act, I had a very close
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personal experience with what was then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "public law 94142" the Education of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All Handicapped Act, later on renamed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Individuals with Disabilities Act, IDEA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a very personal family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience with IDEA and became aware of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legislative initiatives and how the IDEA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had just been passed. And then I started
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become more aware of the work being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done. And this was back in the 70s and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work being done of other legislative
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiatives and the 504, the passage of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Rehabilitation Act, followed by the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,504 sit-in in San Francisco to get the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulations put in place. That really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught my attention and between the little
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work I was doing and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming a full-time advocate going to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work for an independent living center in
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in systems change and how to develop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policy, how to organize, how to support
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rights and voices and preferences of
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connecticut and the original author of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Americans with Disability Act, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first time that it was introduced was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senator Weicker of Connecticut, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senator Weicker, father of a great young
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man who had Down Syndrome, Senator
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weicker was very involved with the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability advocacy community in
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to go to Boston and testify
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability Act. So you know of course the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first time around, the bill didn't pass
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks across the states to develop, to
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passage of the ADA and then you know this
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misleading experience, we actually were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,successful. The bill got passed! And I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember thinking "Oh, well this wasn't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hard. I mean, you know, we had to go
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take on some more legislation!" And
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it turns out that it wasn't as easy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it looked to me. It wasn't just about
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marches--that all helped but even that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes these days, it doesn't seem to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be enough to change policy. So that is my
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie. Okay we're going to the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present now. So just so you know, I do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have another interview at 2:00, so we're
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to have 3 more sections: the present
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future, and the call to action. So
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to pace yourself within the--thank
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you. So within the present, has the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made a difference? Tell us about your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"aha" moment that told you that the ADA is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or is not making a difference and to what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extent based on your passions and areas of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expertise, where do you see or not see the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact of the ADA?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the ADA has had a huge
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sweeping impact
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's important for me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I begin to talk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the present day as we're embarking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on ADA 30 it's really important to start
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changed, certainly some of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,architectural barrier removal efforts,
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in equally effective communication,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the requirements around programs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of those have significantly changed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most often can't even say most--often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's been really great initatives over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the years but we've always had to maintain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a relentless battle to not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let anything slip, to not let
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything lose any sort of momentum
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards accessibility,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we look away for a minute
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our rights will be swept away from us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can certainly talk about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very present day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I have to say about where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are today is not great
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do want to take a little more time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call out the significant progress;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so many aspects of daily life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call out failures of ADA compliance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enforcement of the law but oftentimes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in comparison to the examples of where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's working, so when transportation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not accessible, we're calling it out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know the good and promising
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practices that have been in place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for transportation accessiblity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the failures so much more egregious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in housing, in employment, in the kinds of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assistive devices that are available, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,universal design of places and things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that points to examples of where we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are getting it right and in stark contrast
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the areas where we are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,egregiously getting it wrong
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just very recently I have led
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my organization's involvement in
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Services demanding that people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities be immediately relocated
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settings due to the
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settings due to covid-19
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the failure to provide appropriate protections
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in institutional settings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA back in 1990
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very clearly gave people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities significant rights, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when challenged in 1999 the Olmstead
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lois and Elaine, Lois Curtiss
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an incredible woman I had the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasure of being with on a number
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of occasions, the two of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanded that they had a right to live in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most integrated setting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most appropriate to their needs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the decision, the case went
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way to the Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was among those who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slept outside the Supreme Court the night
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before their case was heard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was among
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the folks who celebrated out in front of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court the day that case came
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down in favor of Lois and Elaine's right,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rights of 10s of 1000's,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to live in the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,integrated setting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate to their needs. Given
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are 21 years after that decision,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yesterday American Civil Liberties Union
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability joined a number of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other disability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations in bringing that petition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanding that people with disabilities
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10s of 1000's of people have died in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last 100 days, the genocide
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the failures of implementation of that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Olmstead decision and the failures of our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government to provide the kind of supports
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and services that enable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live safely and with the support they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need in place in the community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, very infuriatingly our consistently
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persistent calls for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adequately served in these, in these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disasters have been ignored, and again
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bottom line has been that the last 100
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,days 10s of 1000's of people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities have died. And when I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called on, saying that those were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities I have had
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government officials who, like, why are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you saying people with disabilities? And
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, these were old people with
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well you don't go to a nursing home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're old, you go to a nursing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home because you have a disability and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supports and services you need to stay in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community have not been given to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the vast majority, some would say, all of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those deaths in congregate settings are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities, most of them
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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poverty. And the failures of Americans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Disabilities Act, the Olmstead
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decision, and our government's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will to monitor and enforce this law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rehabilitation act have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastating impact on where we are today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the death of many of our siblings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without any end in sight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie, Ok. So next on to the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future, with the work that you've been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing you've seen a lot of progress
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and barriers. If you could pick one thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change or that needs to occur to have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and equality--I know that's hard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--one thing to have equality and access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present in the lives of people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities what would that be?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that must happen:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities have civil rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections by law and the one thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that must happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that their rights are monitored and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enforced without exception. Following
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the law is not enough, we need universal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,design to be the standard we need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility and accommodation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be readily available but we must have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monitoring and enforcement. Every
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,federal dollar is supposed to be spent in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compliance with the rehabilitation act
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between the Rehab Act and the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they require, their should be, no
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rue for those people with civil rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections to be repeatedly denied
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to fully participate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in home and community life. Monitoring
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enforcement must be the floor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a ceiling but enforcing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these civil rights laws is absolutely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the floor. Thank you. What can we do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we as community members
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take right now? So what we can do right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now is, you know, one of my favorite
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sayings, "never give up, never give in"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another of my favorites, "nothing about us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without us" we as disability community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaders need to stick together, we need to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,center our work around people who are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multiply marginalized, excluded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be sure that we are not wasting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our time with infighting and with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of divisive childish behavior that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some folks are still stuck in engaging in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we absolutely must reach a hand forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reach a hand back stick together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue relentlessly to work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the realization of the goal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the ADA was written around and so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of our siblings have fought so very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard for. We've lost a bunch of those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hardworking visionary leaders; many of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been lost in recent years, some of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been lost along the way, we have an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible legacy to care for, we have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,huge opportunities to work towards
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology has the potential for leveling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the playing field if in fact people have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real access and the World Institute on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability and our commitment to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work in partnership with other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability lead organizations and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our allies to make communities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stronger, more resilient for the whole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community because when we get it right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities I think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole community not only benefits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is stronger for our leadership, our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contributions, our expertise in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it takes to make daily life work for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody. Excellent, thank you.