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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.91,0:00:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hi, I'm Catherine Blakemoore
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.93,0:00:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the former Executive Director \Nof Disability Rights California
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.41,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the\Nagency established under federal law
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.22,0:00:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as California's protection\Nand advocacy system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.02,0:00:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our mandate is to assist people\Nwith disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.04,0:00:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protect their civil rights through a\Nvariety of advocacy efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.10,0:00:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, and I had the really good fortune\Nof working at Disability Rights California
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.20,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or other similar organizations\Nfor about 40 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both as a lawyer representing people\Nand protecting their civil rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their educational rights\Nand their housing rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.14,0:00:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then most recently\Nas the Executive Director.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the ADA to me is really\Nbased on the foundations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.80,0:00:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of other really important statutes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.22,0:00:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those include the Individuals \Nwith Disabilities Education Act
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.80,0:00:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both of those laws helped ensure\Ninclusion and end discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.11,0:01:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was a very young lawyer in 1977,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.74,0:01:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a lot of work\Nin the area of education
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.77,0:01:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the very first cases I worked\Non was representing a child, Jeremy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was in 1st grade and in the summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.08,0:01:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had been crossing a street\Nwith his family
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.28,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfortunately was hit by a car and\Nbecame quadriplegic as a result of that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.65,0:01:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when his mother went to enroll him\Nin school for the next school year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.21,0:01:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was told that because of\Nhis disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.84,0:01:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could not\Nreturn to his neighborhood school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.91,0:01:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead would need to go to\Na segregated special education program
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.39,0:01:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where students\Nwith disabilities went
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.98,0:01:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his parents contacted us\Nand we agreed to take the case
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.27,0:01:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that discrimination of saying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.74,0:01:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you couldn't be with your neighborhood\Npeers was just fundamentally wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.79,0:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contrary to the very foundations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.93,0:02:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Individuals\Nwith Disabilities Education Act
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.06,0:02:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we represented him in he hearing,\Nwe went to court.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.93,0:02:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we went to court, I think\None of the most important things to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.15,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was numbers of his classmates and\Ntheir parents came to court with us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.88,0:02:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the students,\Nthey're 1st and 2nd graders,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.38,0:02:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, clearly enjoyed being with Jeremy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.77,0:02:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also more importantly,\Ntalked to the news media that was there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.26,0:02:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how they couldn't understand why\NJeremy couldn't attend school with them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.48,0:02:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how important it was that their friend\Nbe able to go to school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.51,0:02:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and participate with them\Njust like he had in the years before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.76,0:02:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that case to me, just represented\Nthe fist opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.08,0:02:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really challenge a discriminatory\Npractice and ensure that Jeremy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.96,0:02:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could attend his neighborhood school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.27,0:02:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be included with his friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.50,0:03:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think the first "aha" moment\Nof the ADA was our ability
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.63,0:03:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use the ADA and to discuss\Nthe United States Supreme Court decision
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.75,0:03:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the "Olmstead Case" which said\Nthat people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.39,0:03:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could not be\Nunnecessarily segregated in institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the most powerful ways we use\Nthe ADA and that case holding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.33,0:03:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to challenge the budget cuts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.40,0:03:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were proposed when California\Nwas deep in an economic recession in 2008
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.22,0:03:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 2009. The state made the decision\Nthat what it was going to do is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.43,0:03:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,significantly reduce community-based\Nsupports like the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.57,0:03:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in-home supportive services program
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.68,0:03:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Umm and our lawyers in\NDisability Rights California
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.72,0:03:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided that that violated the ADA and\Nwould result in people needing to move
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.19,0:04:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into institutions, contrary to the\NOlmstead Decision
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.99,0:04:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So twice we went into federal court.\NTwice we were successful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.06,0:04:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the court holding that the ADA\Nprohibited the state from making decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.04,0:04:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would result in the unnecessary\Ninstitutionalization of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.99,0:04:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the ADA is an \Nextraordinarily powerful tool to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.07,0:04:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect people's civil rights and one\Nthat we need to continue to use today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.07,0:04:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think what we've learned um\Nin the last few months is that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.87,0:04:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is always room for us to continue\Nto use the ADA as a tool to push further
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.100,0:04:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pandemic really\Nreminds us of the high risk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.81,0:04:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people with disabilities,\Nparticularly those living in segregated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.28,0:04:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isolated settings\Nlike nursing homes face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.75,0:05:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COVID, which disproportionately \Nimpacted nursing home residents
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.64,0:05:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's in part because of the congregate\Nsetting that they live in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.06,0:05:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the vulnerability of people with\Ndisabilities to this particular disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.21,0:05:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as we think about reopening\NCalifornia and moving forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.70,0:05:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to really remember the\Nimportance of the ADA in saying
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.77,0:05:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people need to live in the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.83,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be included.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.61,0:05:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be mindful of how do we\Naccommodate the needs of people with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.49,0:05:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities as part of our reopening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.15,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we redesign service systems so that\Nwe no longer think of nursing homes as
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.63,0:05:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a primary place where people with\Ndisabilities or seniors should be living
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.02,0:05:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we ensure that people with\Ndisabilities, when they are participating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.02,0:05:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in activities of the day aren't placed\Nin isolated day kinds of programs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.78,0:06:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead given opportunities to\Ninteract in the larger community
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.54,0:06:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So lots of work in that area to be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.47,0:06:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the other part that's important\Nis to use this moment to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage in intersectional civil rights\Nadvocacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.28,0:06:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's lots of energy now to looking\Nat issues of discrimination affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.52,0:06:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black and brown people who are\Nalso more disproportionately impacted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.23,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the pandemic and to use this as an\Nopportunity to come together as
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.00,0:06:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a larger civil rights community\Nto advance inclusion, integration,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.39,0:06:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nondiscrimination for all people\Nincluding those with disabilities.