Start Over Date 2018

61. Betty Williams - Learning About the ADA (01:58)

Date:
June 5, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“I was learning something about that Title and how we could apply it to the community in which we lived in and how it can help people's lives.” When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed...

62. "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...

63. Don Melloy - Development of The Arc Chapters (06:09)

Date:
February 16, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“They asked me to work on the objective of developing an Arc in every county in Indiana,” says Don Melloy. Don would take off after to work to travel around the state meeting with parents and com...

64. Karen Vaughn - Opening Doors to Access for All (03:35)

Date:
June 22, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“When I was young I knew nothing about any legislative activities or laws that would allow an individual with a disability to have any kind of civil rights because I stayed in several nursing homes...

67. Danielle and Diane Pitmon - The Love Grows Stronger (05:34)

Date:
June 5, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“It’s a relationship that’s based on what’s inside, not outside, and what’s in our minds and our heart.” When Danielle and Diane Pitmon were interviewed in 2018, they had been married as husband an...

68. Mary Ciccarelli, MD - Improving Health Care Services (05:01)

Date:
May 10, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“It's an interesting question to ask, how I got interested in the field of disability services,” states Dr. Mary Ciccarelli. When Dr. Ciccarelli began her training in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s, th...

73. Jamie Beck and Dan Stewart - Making History in Indiana (04:19)

Date:
October 25, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“It was my time to play my part in the circle of life.” On June 13, 2018, Jamie Beck became the first person in Indiana to have her guardianship terminated and a Supported Decision-Making agreement...

75. Dr. Mary Ciccarelli Interview (1:09:00)

Date:
May 10, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“It's an interesting question to ask, how I got interested in the field of disability services,” states Dr. Mary Ciccarelli. When Dr. Ciccarelli began her training in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s, the...

76. Pat Howey Interview (34:20)

Date:
October 12, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"She shouldn't have to be put on a bus and spend 45 minutes on a bus one way to go to school," explains Pat Howey of her daughter's experience at six years old being sent to a school for children w...

77. Bettye Dunham Interview (1:05:00)

Date:
March 26, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
Bettye Dunham got her start in the disability field in 1975. She was a support person to an Indiana University student needing assistance with note taking and studying. Bettye says, “The things I l...

78. Lawrence Carter-Long Interview (27:57)

Date:
October 1, 2018
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"There's a new crop of people that are saying, wait a minute, I'm not ashamed of anything. I don't need to distance myself from anything. In fact, I am a disabled person first." In this interview, ...