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1. "I Learned Like Everyone Else Did" (03:58)

Date:: January 17, 2012
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: A little over 30 years ago, a doctor told Sharon Hauss to put her infant son in an institution. Sharon’s response, “He’s my son. I couldn’t do it.” Her son, Michael Ely, went on to be fully include...

2. "I Was a Feisty Mother" - Mary Lou Melloy (06:45)

Date:: January 29, 2018
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: “You don’t have the right to deny them the opportunity to try this.” Mary Lou Melloy's daughter, Cindy, was born in 1958. Doctors told the family they should put Cindy in a residential facility. Ma...

3. "We're Taking Him Home" (05:09)

Date:: August 23, 2017
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: "It's been a real adventure, but he just was thrown in the mix with his three brothers." Al and Linda Hublar talk about the lack of support and resources available when their son Mark was born with...

4. A Mother's Instinct -Sharon Hauss on Family Advocacy (08:35)

Date:: November 8, 2016
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: "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 old...

5. A New Approach to Employment - Karen Scherer on Supported Employment and Person-Centered Planning (05:21)

Date:: October 19, 2016
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: Karen Scherer began her career as a work adjustment specialist at Morgan County Rehabilitation Center in Martinsville, Indiana. She was soon asked to serve as the coordinator for the supported emp...

6. A Whole Other Facet - Courtney Clark on Service Dogs Making Life Better (02:42)

Date:: September 9, 2016
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: “We can get things done. Yes, so it just made me more independent,” explains Courtney of her service dog, Donner. After applying for a service dog, it took two more years before Courtney was matche...

7. Al Tolbert - ADA Interview (24:18)

Date:: November 16, 2009
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: “Back in the '80s, we didn't think about the Independent Living movement being a civil rights thing.” With the introduction of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) legislation prior to its passage...

8. Al Tolbert - Changes Along the Way (04:01)

Date:: June 15, 2017
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: “I've seen some things change, a lot of things change for the better,” says Al Tolbert of the disabilities rights movement. In 1971, Al was in a training accident in Germany that left him paralyze...

9. Al Tolbert - Veterans Service Organizations (05:28)

Date:: November 16, 2009
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: "I was in a hospital before I was discharged. Nobody told me about unemployment. Nobody told me about what we'd face in life in a wheelchair," recounts Al Tolbert in this video interview excerpt. "...

10. Andrea Pepler-Murray - The Wheelchair Warrior (05:48)

Date:: unknown
Main contributors:: Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:: "He slammed the paper on the principal's table and he says 'Don't tell me that this child is retarded - look at what she's done.'" As a child in Hammond, Indiana, Andrea Pepler-Murray had been pla...