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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.81,0:00:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’ll see in the corner the record button
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.15,0:00:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you should see that it’s recording now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.14,0:00:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I’m going to mute myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.59,0:00:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you’ll go ahead and do your intro.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.44,0:00:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.23,0:00:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi there, I’m Marcie Roth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.29,0:00:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working in \Ndisability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.14,0:00:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my whole adult life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, since I was a \Nfreshman in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.56,0:00:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am currently the executive director and \NCEO of the World Institute on Disability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.54,0:00:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working over the years in services
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.21,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people living in residential programs early
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.50,0:01:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my career with people in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.46,0:01:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children in school settings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.10,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in vocational rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then people in community living environments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.41,0:01:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that along the way, I became very involved in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.92,0:01:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very involved in the early days of advocacy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.32,0:01:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the ADA was introduced.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.96,0:01:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I worked for disability advocacy organizations almost ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.86,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to my own disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m also the parent of two
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now adults with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.87,0:02:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My husband also has a disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.56,0:02:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much of my family also happen to be people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so disability rights is just a part of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.75,0:02:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything I am and most everything I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.38,0:02:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did spend from 2001 and onward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.80,0:02:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focusing very much on what happens for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.43,0:02:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before, during, and after disasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.08,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s been a real particular laser focus of mine ever since,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.24,0:02:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, I’ve had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.50,0:03:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an appointee in the Obama administration
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.93,0:03:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend just about 8 years at FEMA,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.23,0:03:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration Coordination,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.50,0:03:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building a cadre of disability experts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.26,0:03:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same pond, supporting governors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.48,0:03:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and emergency managers and most particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engaging people with disabilities and disability organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.40,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in emergency preparedness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throughout disaster response recovery and mitigation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.64,0:03:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one last piece since I’ve been with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.20,0:03:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the World Institute on Disability since last September,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.13,0:04:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my ongoing focus on global disability rights has really been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.43,0:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I’ve had much more opportunity to e actively involved in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.30,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have spent the time since joining
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WID building a strategic planning process
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.60,0:04:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting the organizations to establish new priorities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.84,0:04:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a look at the organization’s mission
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.13,0:04:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very recently establishing four particular areas of focus
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.66,0:04:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the organization as we move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.47,0:05:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie. Excellent, okay
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.97,0:05:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize that my neighbor is chipping a lot of brush today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.53,0:05:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it’s making extra sound whenever I unmute
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.18,0:05:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don’t worry, it won’t interfere with your recording.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.66,0:05:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the first question is about the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.96,0:05:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So tell of your first memory realizing that there were
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.94,0:05:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility issues, discrimination, or lack of inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.08,0:05:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your personal story or connection
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.67,0:05:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the American’s with Disabilities Act? What do you remember
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.83,0:05:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the day that it was signed, if applicable?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.43,0:05:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was the impact on you and on others?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.98,0:05:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember to tap something so that the camera shifts to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.63,0:05:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you start.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.65,0:05:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first became aware of disability at a very young age.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.44,0:06:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a best friend in first grade, his name was Gregory,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.13,0:06:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he and I were just wonderful friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.69,0:06:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent a lot of time together,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.40,0:06:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then all of the sudden one day, Gregory was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.56,0:06:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn’t know what happened to him or where he went
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.16,0:06:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn’t until many years later
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.96,0:06:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found out that Gregory had Down Syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.59,0:06:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had been removed from my Kindergarten class,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.99,0:06:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first grade I think it was at that point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.19,0:06:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apparently he had been sent to some other school somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.85,0:06:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the loss of his friendship was pretty surprising
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.05,0:07:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn’t understand, you know, where he went.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.94,0:07:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on it it’s kind of peculiar that we didn’t get to still be friends
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.24,0:07:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘cause he didn’t move away, he just stopped going to my school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.89,0:07:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.72,0:07:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just being confused and then over the next number of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.65,0:07:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in a town that was also the home of Save the Children,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.15,0:07:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was always very interested in the work that Save the Children was doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.68,0:07:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am embarrassed to admit that my earliest involvement
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.97,0:08:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in humanitarian work was from a, you know, very charity-model approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.48,0:08:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spent a lot of my childhood raising money for Save the Children,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.02,0:08:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting involved in other activities that were very much following
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.16,0:08:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the charity-pity model and certainly not a model of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.10,0:08:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making space for and supporting and lifting up other people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.42,0:08:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the onset of my disability wasn't until \Nmany years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.92,0:09:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was in highschool I had a requirement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.73,0:09:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do community service I had and opportunity to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.37,0:09:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or had an obligation to do community service
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.91,0:09:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started off...this was the year of the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.66,0:09:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first Earth Day and I started crushing glass
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.40,0:09:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the local recycling center. I turned out
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.51,0:09:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was really boring but lots of my
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.42,0:09:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classmates were volunteering at a state institution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.04,0:09:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities and I joined them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.69,0:10:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a week and looking back on it again it was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.20,0:10:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty shocking that at 13 years old I was assigned
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.14,0:10:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the teacher of a classroom of 30 adults
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.80,0:10:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had never had the opportunity to attend
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.85,0:10:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school and they now had a 13 year old teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.49,0:10:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a week. Needless to say, I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.75,0:10:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way more from them than they learned
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.20,0:10:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from me bug we had a lot of fun and many of them became
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.63,0:10:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friends very much along the rest of my path
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.70,0:10:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, some of them are no longer alive
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.22,0:10:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are a couple of people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.43,0:11:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much a part of my life and fortunately
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.72,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were successful in liberating themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.22,0:11:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that state institution, so they and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.39,0:11:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many others taught me a lot but the real
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.16,0:11:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pivotal experience for me, I was working back
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.97,0:11:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that state institution. This was my first
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.15,0:11:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid job in disability services and I had been
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.10,0:11:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hired to work in what was called a cottage
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.80,0:11:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 40 women with intellectual disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.64,0:11:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this cottage was on beautiful grounds but the women lived in a building with 20 on one side 20 on the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.06,0:12:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my responsibilities included assisting them in bathing and getting dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.95,0:12:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in eating. many of them were unable to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.83,0:12:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feed themselves. Some because they had
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.69,0:12:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never been given the opportunity and others
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.14,0:12:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of their physical disability and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.61,0:12:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lack of any sort of adaptive utensils or adaptive equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.83,0:12:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was feeding people it was the same every
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.66,0:12:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day. A plate would come out and there were
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.02,0:12:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3 mounds of food on the plate. One mound
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.84,0:13:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was alway brown one mound was always green
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.78,0:13:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one mound was always white. The meat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.10,0:13:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vegetable and the starch, and I know that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.44,0:13:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like to eat their meal different
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways. There would also be a desert every
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.39,0:13:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day, a jello or ice cream, again in a
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.10,0:13:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mound.and I would spend time with each of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.55,0:13:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the individuals who were having their meal
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.84,0:13:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd be working together trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.84,0:13:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out, did they prefer to eat their desert first?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.42,0:13:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did they prefer
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.59,0:14:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of the brown and a little
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.05,0:14:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit of the white on the fork? Did they not
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.88,0:14:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want their food touching? And so I would
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.72,0:14:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work back and forth with them to try to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.83,0:14:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out what their preference was and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.97,0:14:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got in trouble 'cause I was spending too
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.73,0:14:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much time and ultimately I was moved
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.93,0:14:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a different position because I was
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.09,0:14:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking too much time giving people an
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.93,0:14:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to make some choices and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.93,0:14:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,express preferences.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.84,0:14:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was extremely pivitol, and in many ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.77,0:14:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those early experiences have really totally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.52,0:14:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driven who I am and what
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.13,0:15:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe all these years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.68,0:15:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.20,0:15:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a very close personal experience with
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.20,0:15:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was then called Public Law 94142:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Education of All Handicapped Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.40,0:15:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later on renamed The Individuals with Disabiities Act
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.72,0:15:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IDEA, and I had a very personal family experience
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.29,0:15:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with IDEA and became aware of legislative initiatives
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.01,0:15:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the IDEA had just been passed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.83,0:15:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I started to become more aware
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.25,0:16:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the work being done, back in the 70's.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.70,0:16:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work being done on some other legislative
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.76,0:16:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiatives, the 504, the passage of the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.72,0:16:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rehabilitation Act, followed by the 504
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.75,0:16:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit-in in San Francisco to get the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.30,0:16:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulations put in place. That really
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.18,0:16:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught my attention. And between the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.76,0:16:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little bits of information I was getting
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.76,0:16:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there and the work that I was doing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.42,0:16:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then becomming a full-time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.58,0:16:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advocate. Going to work for an
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.22,0:16:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independent living center in 1982.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.06,0:17:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then became extremely involved in
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.34,0:17:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systems change and how to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.00,0:17:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policy, how to organize and support the
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.22,0:17:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rights, voices and preferences of other
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.46,0:17:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and because I lived in Connecticut and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.26,0:17:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the original author of the Americans with
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.31,0:17:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act, the first time the bill
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.85,0:17:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was introduced was Senator Will Weiker
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.42,0:17:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Connecticut and Senator Weiker,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.02,0:17:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father of a great young man who
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.82,0:17:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had Down Syndrome, Senator Weiker
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.53,0:18:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was very involved with the disability
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.72,0:18:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advocacy community in Connecticut and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.34,0:18:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then had the incredible opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.28,0:18:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to Boston and testify at one of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.12,0:18:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the, Congressman Major Owens feild hearings
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.54,0:18:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Americans with Disabiities Act so
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.15,0:18:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course that first time around
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.26,0:18:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bill didn't pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.11,0:18:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But boy oh boy, were we revved up
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.78,0:18:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the passage of the ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.39,0:18:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.64,0:18:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the period in which, once the bill
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.41,0:18:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was reintroduced and folks were organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.90,0:19:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that we had stacks and stacks
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.12,0:19:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of bright pink postcards and we were
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.47,0:19:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing folks across the state to sign
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.52,0:19:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those postcards supporting passage
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.74,0:19:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ADA and then...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.49,0:19:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was sort of a wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.03,0:19:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe a little bit misleading experience
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.70,0:19:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually were successful! The bill got
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.43,0:19:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed! And I remember thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.00,0:19:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well this wasn't that hard, we had to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.40,0:19:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go at it twice but, this wasn't so hard;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.61,0:19:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lets take on some more legislation so
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.08,0:19:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns out it wasn't as easy as it looked to me
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.26,0:20:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is wasn't just about hot pink post cards
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.44,0:20:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meetings and marches.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.57,0:20:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all helped but even that, sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.22,0:20:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these days, doesn't seem to be enough
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.47,0:20:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.75,0:20:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said, that's my earliest journey
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.90,0:20:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 1990.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.97,0:20:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie. Ok, were's going to the present now
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.31,0:20:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just so you know, I have another interview at
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.22,0:20:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2, so we're gonna have 3 more sections
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Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.76,0:20:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the call to action so just to
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.61,0:20:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pace yourself within that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.44,0:20:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the present: Has the ADA made a
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.62,0:20:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difference. Tell us about your "aha moment"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.52,0:20:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that told you that the ADA is or isn't making
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.95,0:21:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a difference and to what extent
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.72,0:21:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on your areas of passions and
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.60,0:21:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expertise where you see or not see the impact of the ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.76,0:21:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marcie: So the ADA has had a huge and sweeping
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.16,0:21:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact and it's important for me to begin, as
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.42,0:21:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talk about the present day, as we're embarking
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.92,0:21:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on ADA30, it's really important to start with
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Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.20,0:21:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so certainly some of the architectural
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Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.21,0:21:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the significant
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.94,0:21:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improvements in effective
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.34,0:22:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equally effective communication
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.28,0:22:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the requirements around programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.95,0:22:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.14,0:22:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have significantly changed...often.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.66,0:22:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been many
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.90,0:22:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great initiatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.83,0:22:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.37,0:22:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we always had to maintain a relentess
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.17,0:22:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battle to not let anything slip
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.07,0:22:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to no lose any sort of momentum
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.20,0:22:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.39,0:22:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we look away for a minute
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.86,0:22:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our rights will be swept away from us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.79,0:23:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can certainly talk about the very
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.65,0:23:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present day...and what I have to say about
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.70,0:23:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are today...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.60,0:23:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not great. So I do want to take
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.85,0:23:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit more time to call out the
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.83,0:23:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,significant progress in so many aspects of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.35,0:23:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daily life, in which,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.07,0:23:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can call out failures of ADA compliance,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.73,0:23:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enforcement of the law, but it is
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.06,0:24:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often times in comparrison
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.84,0:24:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to examples where it's working so
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.25,0:24:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when transportation is not accessible
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.23,0:24:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're calling it out because we know the good
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.85,0:24:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and promising practices
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.87,0:24:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been in place
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.46,0:24:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for transportation accessiblity
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.72,0:24:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the failures so much more egregious... in housing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.66,0:24:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in employment, in the kinds of assistive devices
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.43,0:24:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are available. The universal design
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.01,0:25:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of places and things...all of that
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Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.38,0:25:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting it right and in stark contrast the areas
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.62,0:25:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are egregiously getting it wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.32,0:25:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have to say that it's just very recently, I
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.25,0:25:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have lead my organization's involvement in a
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.48,0:25:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,petition to the US department of Health and Human Services
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.21,0:25:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanding that people with disabilities be immediately relocated
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Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.01,0:26:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the horrific circumstances in those
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.62,0:26:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congregate settings due to Covid-19
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.02,0:26:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the failure to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.62,0:26:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate protections for people with
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.47,0:26:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities in institutional settings. The ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.29,0:26:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1990, very clearly gave people with
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.61,0:26:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities significant rights and even when
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.56,0:27:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenged in 1999, the Olmstead Case
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.48,0:27:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a Georgia case and two
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.23,0:27:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women, Lois and Elaine, Lois Curtis,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.11,0:27:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an incredible woman
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.91,0:27:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had the pleasure of being with on
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.97,0:27:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of occasions. The two of them
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.51,0:27:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanded that they had a right
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.26,0:27:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live in the most integrated setting appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.13,0:27:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their needs and the decision, the case
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.41,0:27:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went all the way to the supreme ccourt
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.78,0:27:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was among those who
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.53,0:27:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slept out on the steps of the Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.63,0:28:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the night before their
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.95,0:28:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,case was heard and I was
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.90,0:28:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among the folks who celebrated
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.26,0:28:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out in front of the Supreme Court on the day
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.02,0:28:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that decision came down in favor of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.38,0:28:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lois and Elaine's right and the rights of tens
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.03,0:28:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thousands...millions of people with
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.03,0:28:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to live in the most integrated setting
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.24,0:28:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate for their needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.48,0:28:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given that we are 21 years after that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.99,0:28:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decision, yesterday the American Civil
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.37,0:28:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberties Union submitted a petietion
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.100,0:28:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the World Insitute on Disability joined
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.17,0:28:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of other disability organiations in
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.22,0:29:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing that petition demanding that
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.22,0:29:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.87,0:29:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be immediately relocated out of these
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.48,0:29:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congregate settings. Tens of thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.46,0:29:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have died in the last hundred days
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.05,0:29:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the genocide of people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.66,0:29:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the failures of implementation
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.40,0:29:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that Olmstead decision and the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.22,0:29:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failures of our government to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.36,0:29:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kinds of supports and services that
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.07,0:29:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enable people with disabilites
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.50,0:29:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live safely and with the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.01,0:29:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support they need in place
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.86,0:29:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community and very infuriatingly
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.46,0:30:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our continued persistent calls for
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.20,0:30:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities to be adequately
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.10,0:30:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,served in these
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Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.86,0:30:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bottom line has been
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.50,0:30:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, again, over the last hundred days
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.01,0:30:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tens of thousands of people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.41,0:30:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have died. And when I was called on
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.48,0:30:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that those were people
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.80,0:30:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with disabilities. I've had conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.04,0:30:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a number of senior government officials
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.38,0:30:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are like, "Why are you saying
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.12,0:30:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities... these were
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.10,0:30:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old people with underlying conditions living
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.09,0:31:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in nursing homes and long-term care facilities."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.96,0:31:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you don't go to a nursing home because
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.29,0:31:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're old. You go to a nursing home because you
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.90,0:31:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a disability and the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.77,0:31:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supports and services you need to
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.29,0:31:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stay in the community have not been given
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.88,0:31:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you and the vast majority, some would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.56,0:31:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of those deaths in congregate facilities are
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.77,0:31:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities. Most of them
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.06,0:31:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black and Brown and people living
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.78,0:31:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in poverty and the failures of the the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.41,0:31:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans with Disabilities Act and the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.32,0:31:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Olmstead decision and our government's will
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.100,0:31:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monitor and enforce this law
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.28,0:31:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rehabilitation act have a
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.33,0:32:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastating impact on where we are today
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.46,0:32:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and death of many of our siblings...
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.50,0:32:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without end in sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.78,0:32:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Than you, Marcie. Ok, so next on to
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.86,0:32:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future with the work you've been doing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.10,0:32:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've seen a lot of progress and barriers
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.19,0:32:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could pick one thing to change,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.49,0:32:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that needs to occur to have access and equality
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.64,0:32:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that's hard, one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.32,0:32:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have access and equality present in
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.64,0:32:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lives of people with disabilities what would that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.76,0:32:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marcie: The one thing that must
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.72,0:32:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen: People with disabiites have civil
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.19,0:32:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rights protections by law and the one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.23,0:33:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that must happen is that thier rights are
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.91,0:33:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monitored and enforced without
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.83,0:33:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exception. Following the law is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.09,0:33:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need universal designs to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.55,0:33:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the standard. We need accessibility and
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.35,0:33:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accommodation to be readily available but
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.08,0:33:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must have monitoring and enforcement
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.48,0:33:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every federal dollar is supposed to be spent
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.79,0:33:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.89,0:33:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between what the Rehab Act and
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.91,0:33:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA require. There should be no room
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.54,0:33:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with those civil rights protections to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.61,0:34:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be repeatedly denied and unable to fully
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.97,0:34:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participate in home and community life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.06,0:34:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monitoring and enforcement must be the
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.43,0:34:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,floor and the ceiling. But enforcing these civil rights
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.03,0:34:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws is absolutely the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.68,0:34:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. So what can we do? What steps can
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.67,0:34:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we as community members take right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.78,0:34:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marcie: So what we can do right now is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.89,0:34:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my favorite sayings: "Never give up,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.79,0:34:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never give in." Another of my favorites:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.14,0:34:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nothing about us without us!" We as
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.43,0:35:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability community leaders need to stick
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.97,0:35:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together. We need to center our work around
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.18,0:35:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are multiply marginalized, exluded
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.77,0:35:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be sure that we're not wasting
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.22,0:35:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our time with infighting and the kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.84,0:35:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,divisive, childish behavior that some folks are
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.22,0:35:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still stuck on engaging in. We absolutely must
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.10,0:35:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reach a hand forward and reach a hand back,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.06,0:35:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stick together and continue
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.11,0:36:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relentlessly to work towards the realization of
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.88,0:36:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the goal that the ADA was
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.66,0:36:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,written around and so many
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.55,0:36:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our siblings have fought so very hard for.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.34,0:36:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've lost a bunch of those hard-working
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.98,0:36:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visionary leaders. Many of them have been
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.61,0:36:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost in recent years. Some of them have been
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.66,0:36:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost along the way. We have an incredible
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.66,0:36:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legacy to care for. We have huge opportunities to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.70,0:37:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work towards. Technology has the potential for
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.93,0:37:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leveling the playing field if in fact people have
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.22,0:37:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real access and the World Institute on
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.98,0:37:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability and our commitment to
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.95,0:37:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work in partnership with other
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.41,0:37:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabiity-led organizations and
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.47,0:37:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our allys to make communities
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.87,0:37:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stronger, more resilient for the whole
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.62,0:37:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community. 'Cause when we get it right
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.36,0:37:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities, I think
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.99,0:37:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole community, not only benefits but
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.13,0:37:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stronger for our leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.36,0:37:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our contributions, our expertise
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.13,0:38:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what it takes to make daily life work for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.81,0:38:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excelent. Thank you!