[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.22,0:00:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Jeff Moyer. I am a 71\Nyear old disability rights advocate, Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.60,0:00:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writer, and musician. I've been\Ninvolved with the ADA since before Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.11,0:00:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's inception when we were \Nworking to establish the \N Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.21,0:00:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning of disability rights\Nthrough the 504 regulations Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.58,0:00:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were signed in 1977\Nfollowing a 26 day sit in at Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.08,0:00:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the San Francisco federal\Nbuilding and I was a musician Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during that, although I did not \Nlive there like those heroes did. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came and went. I had a young child.\NMy involvement with the ADA began Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.22,0:00:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I heard Justin Dart speak in 1988\NI was captivated by his soaring oratory, Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.19,0:00:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his unifying message.\NI introduced myself and Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.19,0:00:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked if I might one day record \Nhis oratory, he said yes and that Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.100,0:01:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began our friendship which led to \Nhim inviting me to perform my song Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.06,0:01:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ADA anthem at the U.S. senate \Nat the evening reception following Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.10,0:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the signing of the ADA at the white\Nhouse in the morning. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.10,0:01:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then became involved as a member\Nof the ADA implementation network Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.50,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worked pro bono with people\Nall over the country. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.17,0:01:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helping ensure that the rights created\Nby the ADA were realized in their lives. Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.91,0:01:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to go blind the summer of \N1954, two weeks before my younger Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.06,0:01:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brother was born with a severe \Ncognitive disability and I think my Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.97,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realization of exclusion and such \Noccurred for me as I was trying to see Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in first grade, to read and the\Nmaterials were not accessible, Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.76,0:02:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my teacher had to write out \Neverything she wrote on the board Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.76,0:02:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hand it to me separately. \NSo it was my first realization Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.76,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a need and also the human\Nintervention that met my needs. Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my brother it wasn't so easy\Nand he became the victim of Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.30,0:02:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extreme thuggery, and childhood\Nviolence and there were no schools Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.78,0:02:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would accept him, not even\Nthe schools for kids with disabilities. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.85,0:02:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, he was institutionalized\Nwhen he was 9 years old and that Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.89,0:02:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened a chapter in my life that \Ncontinues about understanding Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.14,0:02:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the needs of people with cognitive\Ndisabilities that thanks to the mighty Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.15,0:02:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Olmstead decision as part of the ADA\Ninstitutional life was considered a Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.12,0:02:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violation of civil rights. There's so \Nmuch to that story. Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.77,0:03:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ADA was a wonderful construct,\Nhowever in it's construction, Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.71,0:03:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the decision was made by the \Nsenate to exclude blindness so Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every intersection in the country had curb\Ncuts, but putting in accessible signals Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.02,0:03:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with visual disabilities is\Na local option and I'm afraid that Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.15,0:03:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that for a fact. A dear \Nfriend of mine who's since passed Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.13,0:03:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was part of that whole process in \NWashington. Her name was Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.81,0:03:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary Jane Owen. So the ADA is a \Ngreat promise, but it's only realized Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.24,0:04:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through individual action when \Npeople apply the skills of advocacy Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.16,0:04:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that case by case,\Nit's realized. Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.81,0:04:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited to the white house for\Nthe signing ceremony and I got Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.32,0:04:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there early just by virtue of when\Nmy plane landed so I was seated Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.32,0:04:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the front row of the public section.\NThere was a section for congress, and Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.94,0:04:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the administration and then a \Nsection for the public. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.06,0:04:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the president walked out \Ncrossing the platform that had Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.06,0:04:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been constructed so that he could\Nbe seen by the crowd, by the Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.63,0:04:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,audience rather, of course the \Ncongressional section rose as one Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.22,0:04:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in applause and then there came \Npeople yelling, "We can't see, sit Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.10,0:04:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down!" Senator Kennedy was \Nsitting right in front of me Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.13,0:04:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the woman who I met who\Nwas sitting next to me said that Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.37,0:04:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he whipped around and realized\Nthat they were blocking the Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.82,0:04:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,view of people in wheelchairs.\NSo there was this moment of Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.82,0:05:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collision of protocol and accessibility Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.53,0:05:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course people sat down. So it \Nwas the first time, as the ADA was Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.07,0:05:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being signed, that accessibility was \Nrealized by virtue of personal action. Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.63,0:05:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is going to be a difficult\Ntime for realization of anything new Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning disability rights, \Nbecause as our country is now Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrestling with the economic \Noutcome due to being shut Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down due to Coronavirus, I \Nthink we're going to be Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working real hard just to \Nmaintain the ground we have. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could have anything I wanted\Nin terms of accessibility, it would Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be to reopen the ADA's mighty\Npages to include information Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and orientation access and by \Nthat I mean if you're able to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ambulate and you're blind or \Nyou can't read by virtue of a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cognitive disability, simple things\Nlike street crossings, bus numbers, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs in buildings are difficult, \Nimpossible to read if you can't Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see or can't read. This technology \Nis called talking signs, and we came Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very close. All of this is not \Nrequired by the ADA, to see that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realized as part of the ADA. \NHowever, the republicans blocked Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highway bill because they\Ndidn't want President Obama Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have any victories and we \Nhad a high priority amendment Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that, that would've made\NWashington, D.C. the first Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessible city in the world for\Npeople who can't see or can't read. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that happened after 10 \Nyears of effort to get to that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point, the little company went\Nunder. I had been a volunteer Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for it for 10 years and with it \Ncame really a crushing defeat Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for that type of accessibility. \NNow, there certainly are many Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,types of access through one's \Ncellphone if you're able to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do that, but so many people \Naren't able or can't afford it Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it makes accessibility \Nsomething that requires money Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the responsibility that the \NADA made clear is that the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsibility for access is on \Nbehalf of the government. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have disabilities,\Nsituations create handicaps. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what the ADA did was \Nopen the possibility for people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that employment was going to be\Nopen to them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact we've lost ground since the\NADA was passed, because people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hid behind it in terms of their \Nresponse to hiring. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make greater progress\Nin terms of employment equity. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As well as orientation and \Ninformation access. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ADA, I just heard Robert \NMoses who is one of the great Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heroes of the civil rights\Nmovement, freedom summer 1964 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said the Civil Act of 1964 \Nand the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are ideas, but they have yet to be \Nfully realized. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ADA, it's an idea, it's a \Nconstruct, it's a mighty Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accomplishment, but to see it\Nfully realized in our lives Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requires accessibility and \Nsaid decision addresses Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I consider to be the most \Nextreme need we have. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is safe and accessible \Nhousing for people with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cognitive disabilities.\NInstitutions still exist, and even Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community it takes \Nadvocates to make sure that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are able to live in safe and \Nwelcoming environments, even in Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own home. I saw this with \Nmy brother who died of lung cancer Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of being addicted to \Ncigarettes in the institution Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was a child. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even in his last days there was \Nthievery and violence in the home Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course what we \Nexpected we would be getting Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from when I was able to \Nmove him from the institution Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a supported living home.\NSo the greatest need is the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs of the least among us.\NOnce again, we must listen to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our heart intelligence, know \Nwhat is right and then find Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that one's rights can\Naddress that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ADA, IDEA, 504, the Voting \NRights Act, or the Fair Housing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Act amendments. There are many \Nlaws in the quilted protections Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have, but each of them require\Nindividual planning and each of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them require advocacy. \NSo all of you advocates, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of you young people there\Nthat are reading this or Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching this, the torch is \Nbeing passed and it's Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important that younger \Ngenerations now take on the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mantle of continuing to move \Nforward with our beloved, hard Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won disability rights, which are \Nour civil rights. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that people are able to think\Nmore broadly about what we Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need as a community and pull\Nas one in common direction, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,common cause for possibly\Nthe good of a few in the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community, but we all benefit\Nwhen we are lifted up through Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I added music to our \Ndemonstration to the signing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ADA, to the commemoration\Nof it's 10th anniversary. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout I've understood the \Npower of music. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It communicates to the wider\Ncommunity. It buoys us up as Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advocates and it unites us.\NMartin Luther King J.R.'s Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,widow said it the day of national \Nservice, the Martin Luther King Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holiday, that we have when we \Nwere involved in the civil rights Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement, the 60's the \Ndisability rights movement Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 70's, it was music that\Nhelped us create a community Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we sang together\Nas one and I do hope that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music is not lost as a means \Nto pull us together. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's one thing we need \Nnow, it is to know that we are one Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as people with disabilities, that we \Nall share the same histories of Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different ways of discrimination\Nand exclusion and our rights Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are protected by the same laws.\NI do hope that culture continues Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,binding us together and giving \Nvoice through it's myriad ways Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people are able to express \Nthe reality and hope. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope is what we need more \Nthan ever right now and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what the ADA provided,\Nwas a great beacon of hope.