Start Over Date 2017

101. Jim Hammond Interview (1:05:00)

Date:
September 21, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"Now disability politics, you know, is not Republican or Democrats, it's really nonpartisan but you still have to be recognized as someone who's reliable and trustworthy," observes Jim Hammond in t...

102. John Dickerson Interview (1:17:00)

Date:
August 21, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"Dickerson, I finally get it," a fiscally conservative State Senator from Hendricks County remarked. "He said, 'I'm on the board of directors of the bank and we hired this fellow with a disability....

103. John Dickerson on the Evolution of The Arc of Indiana (07:38)

Date:
February 22, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“The Arc name is an interesting story in itself,” says John Dickerson of the history of The Arc. It was in the late ‘40s when parents across the country started organizing to discuss opportunities ...

104. Kelsey Cowley - Being a Voice for Change (05:25)

Date:
September 8, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“We have an opinion and it matters,” states Kelsey Cowley. Unfortunately, Kelsey didn’t feel many people listened to her during her school years. She says, “They just didn’t understand people with ...

105. Kim Davis Interview (1:28:00)

Date:
November 30, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“The day for the kids was pretty packed.” Kim Davis recalls the 1970s, when school aged children with challenging behaviors stayed at the Developmental Training Center (Now the Indiana Institute on...

107. Margaret Blome - Services Were Hard to Find (05:41)

Date:
August 15, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
When talking about services in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Margaret Blome says, “There was very little available for people with multi-handicaps.” Margaret did find a therapist at Crossroads Rehabilitation ...

108. Margaret Blome Interview (45:50)

Date:
August 15, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“Barb was born in 1962 and at that time, there was very little available for people who were multi-handicap,” states Margaret. In the early days, Margaret turned to Crossroads Rehabilitation Center...

109. Mary Lou Melloy Interview (53:46)

Date:
August 15, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
On December 24, 1958, Mary Lou and Don Melloy were told their daughter Cindy should be placed in an institution. Mary Lou said, “My response was that they didn’t know what they were talking about…a...

110. Melody Cooper - "I Want a Career" (05:02)

Date:
March 16, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"I couldn't see myself making a career standing bagging somebody's groceries," Melody Cooper explains. Starting her employment at Goodwill Industries and then at a Meijer store, Melody was hired by...

111. Mike Furnish - The Early Days of Special Olympics Indiana (05:04)

Date:
May 19, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
Mike Furnish, President/CEO of Special Olympics Indiana, was interviewed in 2013. Here he shares a brief history of the creation of the not-for-profit organization that provides sports training and...

112. Mike Furnish Interview (45:50)

Date:
October 5, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
The first Special Olympics games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1968. Athletes from the United States, Canada and France participated in the games. In 1969, a group of volunteers organize...

113. Nancy Kalina Interview (1:09:00)

Date:
November 29, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“If you want to talk about a typical day for a student with a disability, you almost have to talk about what kind of disability to be honest,” explains Nancy Kalina. A former research associate at ...

114. Partners in Policymaking (04:40)

Date:
April 24, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"We had legislators who came in and talked to people about how to communicate with a legislator, how to write to legislators." The Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities (GCPD) had...

115. Paul Shankland Interview (1:06:00)

Date:
September 28, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
In 1964, Paul decided to interview at the Fort Wayne State School as a recreation aide. They had football and baseball games, dances, and a summer camp. Although these activities were fun, the expe...

117. Randy Krieble Interview (2:05:00)

Date:
September 18, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"People coming into the business today, I can't imagine them seeing the advancement and the progress that we saw." Randy Krieble talks about witnessing the evolution of institutional custody and co...

118. Ruth Ann Yingling - From Nursing Home to Supported Living (05:44)

Date:
May 9, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“He put me in the nursing home, and I didn’t like that very much,” explains Ruth Ann. When Ruth Ann’s grandmother passed away, her father was unable to care for Ruth Ann and placed her in a nursing...

119. Steve Hinkle - The Early Days of Group Homes (06:14)

Date:
April 7, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
A member of the Fort Wayne neighborhood association where a new group home was going in telephoned Steve Hinkle. "'You know,' he said, 'just three houses down the road, there's a Cadillac that sits...

120. Sue Beecher - "Mandated to Close" (05:54)

Date:
July 13, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“I came back on Monday and one of the clients had a broken limb and nobody knew how it had occurred,” explains Sue Beecher of a visit to Muscatatuck State Developmental Center. In 1998, Sue was wor...

121. Sue Beecher Interview (1:10:00)

Date:
August 25, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"When I started in 1977, when people were admitted they brought with them what was called their death bag." The bag contained the clothing that residents of New Castle State Hospital were to be bur...

122. The 317 Plan: Charting a New Path (06:41)

Date:
August 3, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
In 1998, Indiana’s “317 Commission” of consumers, advocates, and state officials published "A Comprehensive Plan for the Design of Services for People with Developmental Disabilities", addressing t...

123. The Early Days of Back Home in Indiana Alliance (08:24)

Date:
June 21, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"We'd learned that, it's no surprise, people with disabilities were the most underserved group in the mortgage and lending industry." In this video, Deborah McCarty explains the launching of the Ba...

124. The Right to the Same School Opportunities (08:05)

Date:
August 5, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"We were asking teachers to do some things they had not done before, to interact and support and teach kids that they didn't have a lot of experience doing in the past." An educator and a parent di...

125. Vicki Pappas Interview (1:11:00)

Date:
September 5, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"The biggest thing is the values that started with the Deinstitutionalization Project and went on through all of our projects about consumer advocacy, self-determination, empowerment to people with...