[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.21,0:00:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Matthew Wangeman. Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.29,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach Disability Studies\Nat Northern Arizona University. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.38,0:00:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been a disability advocate Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.39,0:00:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over 30 years. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.84,0:00:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the University of California \Nat Berkeley, Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I have been very lucky in my life. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.64,0:02:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first memory of the ADA Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was three years after it was passed, Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.44,0:02:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was in Berkeley Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.50,0:03:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Berkeley had stronger laws \Nthan the ADA. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.15,0:03:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I really did not know or care \Nabout the ADA at that time. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.62,0:04:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the interesting thing is Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.53,0:04:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Berkeley and California Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.44,0:04:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities were talking \Nabout how the ADA was less strong Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities \Nin California and Berkeley. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I first learned about the ADA Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was living in an area that had stronger rules and regulations than the ADA had put in Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did not care that much\Nabout it at the time. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the ADA has helped with \Naccessibility Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around the United States. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is to me probably one of \Nthe most important things the ADA has accomplished Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really think the ADA is \Na great civil rights law Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has put disability \Non the map in this country. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for people with \Nsignificant disabilities Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA has not done that much \Nin the grand scheme. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like employment is a great example. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are still at the same rate of \Nemployment as before the ADA. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think given where this country is today\Nthe ADA could not be stronger. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, given today the ADA \Nwould not pass, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is sad. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really think our education system needs\Nto be changed Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though the ADA really \Ndoes not cover education, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it should. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to have people with disabilities \Nincluded in this society Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to have a quality education Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and special education is not cutting it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I had my way, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would throw out special education Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have one education system \Nfor everyone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is stupid to have two Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to me it should be illegal to have a separate education system Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have the ADA\Ncover education as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to really believe that people \Nwith disabilities have the same rights Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as everyone else and I'd like to say: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can have all the laws in the world, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if people's attitudes do not change,\Nwe are just spinning our wheels. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I use a wheelchair. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if my wheelchair just spins its wheels\NI don't seem to go anywhere. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)