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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.52,0:00:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.41,0:00:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, my day job is the\NSenior Policy Manager at AIDS United.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.35,0:00:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work to end the HIV epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.71,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say I am\Na disability advocate at heart
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.39,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of my own\Nmental health disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bring that throughout my entire life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.36,0:00:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to push disability world\Ninto one that is inclusive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.48,0:00:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all mental health\Nand developmental disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.51,0:00:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just the photogenic disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.26,0:00:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a year old when the ADA passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.52,0:00:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am 31 years old, and we're celebrating\Nthe 30th anniversary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.45,0:00:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have no memory, I grew up with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.84,0:00:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first memory of the ADA was my mother,\Nwho was diabetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.10,0:00:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting, talking about accommodations\Nat her work to store insulin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.97,0:00:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the work fridge, along those lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.68,0:01:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember her talking about\Nthis new thing called the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.06,0:01:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how people talk\Nabout work at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.95,0:01:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the ADA, I would say,\NI had my own mental conception
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.30,0:01:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what is a disabled person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.31,0:01:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I myself was dealing with the,\N"I feel different,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.08,0:01:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both because of my being trans,\Nbecause of my mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.51,0:01:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually dealing with it and getting\Ntreatment when I was in law school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.03,0:01:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I don't- Law school is always an\Ninteresting experience in and of itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.44,0:01:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a three-year hazing ritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.06,0:01:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would say one of the things\Nthat motivate me in disability
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.76,0:01:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is seeing just how much-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.29,0:01:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In disability, we often treat people\Nas either poor things of pity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.84,0:02:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as scary and need\Nto be locked away, basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.72,0:02:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, with physical disabilities,\Nit's the object of pity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.66,0:02:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With mental health disabilities,\Nit's the scary, let's lock them away,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.17,0:02:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are they allowing those people\Nout in the community?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.36,0:02:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, having seen that,\Nhaving been scared of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.80,0:02:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having been worried about my career\Nif I were out,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.14,0:02:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which says a lot as a trans person\Nbeing worried about being out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.48,0:02:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as someone with\Na mental health disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.02,0:02:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think, I mean,\NI think we need to fundamentally alter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.13,0:02:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how society sees what is normal\Nand not normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.70,0:02:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how that works as far as\Nbeing inclusive of all disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.75,0:02:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say that one of the things\Nthat impact me the most
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.47,0:02:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was, for example, when I got out\Nof law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.98,0:03:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In law school, I received accommodations\Nright as I was about to graduate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.21,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help from the Assistant Dean\Nof Students, Sherry Abbott, at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.68,0:03:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was pretty much experiencing\Na lot of problems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.95,0:03:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were related to my disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.47,0:03:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that probably wouldn't have\Nbeen possible without the ADA,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.49,0:03:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the spirit of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And later, when I started my career,\Na few months later, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.47,0:03:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined as a Schedule A hire\Nin the US Department of Labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.96,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it weren't for the initiative\Nat the federal government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.93,0:03:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was partially inspired by the ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.32,0:03:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.25,0:03:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are hired by the federal government,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.22,0:03:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then maybe I wouldn't have started\Nin civil rights in DC when I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.90,0:03:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it has made a difference for me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.61,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in receiving accommodations\Nat the jobs I've had and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is a question of how do we-
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.27,0:04:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already have a whole generation\Nlike myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.98,0:04:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are in our early 30s and our 20s,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.100,0:04:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the millennials and zoomers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.13,0:04:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't remember the dark days\Nbefore the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.19,0:04:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can't just coast on the,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.48,0:04:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yay, we did the ADA,\Nnow let's all go home and party,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.09,0:04:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is so much more\Nwork to be done, basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.40,0:04:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with disabilities are still\Nroutinely having to fight for their rights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.97,0:04:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the ADA to be solved.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.24,0:04:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we went around DC spotting\Narchitectural barriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.97,0:04:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could spot a dozen \Nin a single mile radius.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.56,0:04:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.26,0:04:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is especially true,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.38,0:04:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to talk about the sexy\Nversus the non-sexy disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.79,0:04:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk about disability,\Npeople often get this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.43,0:05:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiration porn mental image\Nof the photogenic person in a wheelchair,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.33,0:05:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extra bonus points\Nif they're straight and white,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.22,0:05:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't want to talk,\Nand exclude from the picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.41,0:05:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that pretty group picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.83,0:05:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person who stutters,\Nthe person who has chronic pain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.61,0:05:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can't work because of it,\Nthe person with mental health disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.39,0:05:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has had psychosis\Nor other experiences like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.77,0:05:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when we talk about mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.49,0:05:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we try and end the stigma\Nand other such calls for action,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.65,0:05:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we often focus on the idea of,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.28,0:05:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's talk about the people\Nwho were depressed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.32,0:05:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took some Prozac and got better,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.99,0:05:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't want to talk about people\Nwho are in long-term institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.06,0:05:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about people who experience psychosis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.31,0:05:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about people who experience\Nbipolar disorder, and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.95,0:06:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to be clear that it's all\Ndisabled people that matter, basically,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.88,0:06:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the risk of sounding\NAll Lives Matter-ish,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.81,0:06:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just those we like the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.65,0:06:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say, fundamentally,\Nthere needs to be a change
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.70,0:06:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how federal law treats people\Nwith mental health disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.71,0:06:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to fundamentally\Nend institutionalization.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.01,0:06:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to include\Nuniversal health coverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.98,0:06:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people shouldn't be relying\Non having a job
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.21,0:06:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have access to affordable healthcare.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.86,0:06:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am also thinking, as a major change,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.59,0:06:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fundamental idea that people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.27,0:06:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with mental health\Nand developmental disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.69,0:06:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have rights in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.82,0:06:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fundamentally change the culture\Nand also call in people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.87,0:06:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to tell people,\N"Use your privilege."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.39,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of like how they put the signs\Non the metro and the New York subway
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.82,0:07:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say, "If you see something,\Nsay something."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.20,0:07:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It applies here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.34,0:07:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you see something ableist, say it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.56,0:07:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't wait till someone with a disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.65,0:07:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's exhausted of having to fight\Nfor themselves, has to say it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.06,0:07:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people bring it up,\Nevaluate and help them. Be an ally.