2342. 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 ...

2343. 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...

2345. 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...

2346. 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...

2347. 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, ...

2348. Dixie Patterson Interview (52:43)

Date:
February 5, 2013
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"Even though professionals are very good and a lot of times very empathetic, it's still not the same as having lived it 24 hours a day." As both a parent of an adult daughter with intellectual/deve...

2349. Peter Bisbecos Interview (28:41)

Date:
December 4, 2012
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“What I learned is that I had to prove myself constantly, that people with very good intentions just didn’t think I was capable of doing things because of my vision. They wanted to protect me,” say...

2350. Bill Gilkey - Development of Mental Health Centers (05:08)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
In describing the deinstitutionalization movement, Bill Gilkey says, “I think the process went pretty well and one reason for that was because they did have community mental health centers in place...