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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.32,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see in the corner the record button
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you should see that it's recording now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am going to mute myself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll go ahead and do your intro.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi there, I'm Marcie Roth
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my whole adult life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, since I was a freshman in high school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am currently the executive director and CEO of the World Institute on Disability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working over the years in services
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people living in residential programs early
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my career with people in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children in school settings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in vocational rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then people in community living environments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that along the way, I became very involved in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very involved in the early days of advocacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the ADA was introduced.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I worked for disability advocacy organizations almost ever since.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to my own disability,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also the parent of two now adults with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities. My husband also has a disability,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much of my family also happen to be people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so disability rights is just a part of everything I am and most everything I do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did spend from 2001 and onward focusing very much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what happens for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before, during, and after disasters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's been a real particular laser focus of mine ever since,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, I've had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an appointee in the Obama administration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend just about 8 years at FEMA,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing FEMA's Office of Disability Integration Coordination,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building a cadre of disability experts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same pond, supporting governors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and emergency managers and most particularly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engaging people with disabilities and disability organizations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in emergency preparedness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throughout disaster response recover and mitigation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one last piece since I've been with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the World Institute on Disabilities since last September,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my ongoing focus on global disability rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has really been something that I've had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more opportunity to be actively
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in and I have spent the time since joining
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with building a strategic planning process
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting the organization to establish new priorities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a look at the organizations mission
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very recently establishing four particular areas of focus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the organization as we move forward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie. Excellent, okay
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize that my neighbor is chipping a lot of brush today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's making extra sound whenever I unmute
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't worry, it won't interfere with your recording.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the first question is about the past.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So tell your first memory realizing that there were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility issues, discrimination, or lack of inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your personal story or connection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the American's with Disabilities Act?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you remember about the day that it was signed, if applicable?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was the impact on you and on others?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember to tap something that the camera shifts to you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you start.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first became aware of disability at a very young age.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a best friend in first grade, his name was Gregory,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he and I were just wonderful friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent a lot of time together, and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the sudden one day, Gregory was gone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know what happened to him or where he went
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until many years later
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found out that Gregory had Down Syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had been removed from my Kindergarten class,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first grade I think it was at that point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apparently he had been sent to some other school somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the loss of his friendship was pretty surprising
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't understand, you know, where he went.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on it it's kind of peculiar that we didn't get to still be friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause he didn't move away, he just stopped going to my school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just being confused and then over the next number of years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in a town that was also the home of Save the Children.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was always very interested in the work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Save the Children was doing, and I am
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embarrassed to admit that my earliest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involvement in humanitarian work was from a, you know a very charity-model approach.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of my childhood raising
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,money for Save the Children, and getting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in other activities that were very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much following the charity-pity model and certainly not a model
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making space for and supporting and lifting up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The on set of my disability wasn't until many years later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was in high school, I had a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requirement to do community service and I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had an opportunity to do, had an obligation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do community service and we started off.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the year of the first Earth Day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started crushing glass at the local
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling center. It turned out that it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really boring but lots of my classmates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were volunteering at a state institution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities and I joined them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a week, looking back on it again it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty shocking at 13 years old I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assigned as the teacher of a classroom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 30 adults who had never had the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to attend school and now had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 13 year old teacher once a week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needless to say, I learned way more from them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they learned from me, but we had a lot of fun
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of them became friends, you know, very much along the rest of my path.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, some of them are no longer alive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are a couple of people who are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still very much apart of my life, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fortunately they were successful in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberating themselves from that state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institution and so, they and many others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught me a lot but the real pivotal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience for me, I was working back at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that state institution. This was my first paid job
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in disability services and I had been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hired to work in what was called a cottage, for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 women with intellectual disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This cottage was on beautiful ground, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the women lived in a building with 20 on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one side and 20 on the other side.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My responsibilities included assisting them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in bathing and getting dressed and eating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them were unable to feed themselves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some because they never been given
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity and others because of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their physical disability and a lack of any
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supportive or adaptive utensils or other equipment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as I was feeding people it was the same every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A plate would come out and there were 3 mounds of food on the plate. One mound was always brown
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mound was always green
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mound was always white, you know the meat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vegetable, and the starch, and I know that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like to eat their meals different ways, there would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also be a dessert everyday, a jello, ice cream again in a mound.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would spend time with each of the individuals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were having their meal, and would sort of be kind of working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together trying to figure out, did they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prefer to eat their desert first?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people like to do that, did they prefer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of brown and a little bit of white
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all on the same fork? Did they not want
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them touching, and you know I would sort of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work back and forth with them to try to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out what their preference was and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got in trouble because I was spending
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to much time and ultimately, I was moved
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a different position because I was taking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to much time giving people and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to make some choices and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,express some preferences. That was extremely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pivotal and in many ways, you know, those early
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early experiences, have really, totally driven who I am
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I believe all of these years later.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of the American's with Disabilities Act
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had very close personal experience with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was then called public law 94142:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Education of All Handicaps Act,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later on renamed The Individuals with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act, IDEA and I had a very personal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family experience with IDEA and became aware
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of legislative initiatives, and how the IDEA had just been passed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I started to become more aware of the work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being done, this was back int he 70's. Working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being done on some other legislative initatives, the 504
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Passage of Rehabilitation Act, followed by the 504
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit-in in San Francisco to get the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulations put in place. That really caught my attention,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the little bits of information I was getting there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work I was doing and then becoming a full time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advocate, going to work for an independent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living center in 1982, I then became extremely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in systems change and how to develop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policy, how to organize, how to support
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rights, voices and preferences of other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and because I lived in Connecticut and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,original author of the American's with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act, the first time the bill
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was introduced was senator Will Weiker
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Connecticut and Senator Weiker, father
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a great young man who had Down Syndrome
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senator Welker was very involved with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the disability advocacy community in Connecticut
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I then had the incredible opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to Boston and testify and on of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congressman Major Owens field of hearings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the American's with Disabilities Act so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course that first time around the bill
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't pass. But boy oh boy, were we revved up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the passage of the ADA, in the period of which
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once the bill was reintroduced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and folks were organizing, I remember that we had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stacks and stacks and stacks of bright pink
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,post cards, and we were organizing folks across the state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop, to sign those post cards supporting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passage of the ADA and then, this was sort
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a wonderful but maybe a miss leading experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually were successful! The bill got
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed, I remember thinking oh well this wasn't that hard,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to go at it twice but this wasn't so hard!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take on some more legislation. So
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns out it wasn't as easy as it looked to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't just about hot pink post cards, and meetings, and marches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all helped but even that sometimes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these days doesn't seem to be enough to change policy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my earliest journey to 1990.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie, okay were going to present now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so you know I do have another interview at 2
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to have three more sections.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present, the future and the call to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,action, so just to pace yourself within those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the present, has the ADA made a difference?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us about your "Aha" moment that told you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the ADA is or is not making a difference
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to what extent based on your passions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and area of expertise, where you see or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not see the impact of the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the ADA has had a huge and sweeping impact
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I... Its important for me to begin as I talk about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the present day as were embarking on ADA 30.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its really important to start with, how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much things absolutely have changed, and certainly some
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the architectural barrier removal efforts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the significant improvements in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effective, equally effective communication
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the requirements around programs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those have significantly changed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most, I can't even say most of the time... often.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been many great initiatives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the years, but we always had to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain a relentless battle to, to not let
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything slip, to not lose and sort of momentum,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards accessibility. If we look away for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a minute, our rights will be swept away
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from us, I can certainly talk about the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very present day, and what I have to say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about where we are today, is not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great, so I do want to take a little bit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more time to call out the significant
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progress in so many aspects of daily life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we can call out failures of ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compliance, enforcement of the law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is often times in comparison to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the examples of where it's working.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when transportation is not accessible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're calling it out because we know the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good and the promising practices that have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been in place for transportation accesabilty
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make the failures so much more egregious.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In housing, in employment, in the kinds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of assistive devices that are available
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the universal design of places and things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that points to the examples of where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are getting it right, In stark contrast
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the areas where we are getting it egreigously
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting it wrong. I have to say that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just very recently, I have lead my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization involvement in a petition to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the U.S Department of Health and Human
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Services, demanding that people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities be immediately located
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of nursing homes and other congregate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settings due to the horrific circumstances
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those congregate settings, to Covid-19
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the failure to provide appropriate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and institutional settings. The ADA back in 1990
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very clearly gave people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,significant rights, and even when
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenged in 1999, the homestead case
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a Georgia case, and two women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who Lois and Elaine, Lois Curtis an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible woman, I have had the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasure of being with on a number of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occasions. The two of them demanded that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had a right to live in the most intergraded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting appropriate to their needs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The decision, the case went all the way to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court, and I was among
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who slept out on the steps of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court on the night before
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their case was heard. I was among the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks who celebrated out in front of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supreme Court on the day that decision
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came down in favor of Lois and Elaine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right and the rights of thousands, tens of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands, millions of people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to be, to live in the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intergraded setting appropriate to their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs. Given that we are 21 years after
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that decision, yesterday the American
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Civil Liberties Union submitted a petition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the World Institute on Disability joined
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of disability organizations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a bringing that petition, demanding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people with disabilities be immediately
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relocated out of these congregate settings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tens of thousands of people have died
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last hundred days, the genocide of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities because of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failures of implementation of that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homestead decision and the failures of our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government to provide that kind of support
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and services that enable people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live safely and and with the support
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need in place in the community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very infuriatingly, our continued persistent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call for people with disabilities to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adequately served in these disasters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been ignored and the bottom line
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been that again, over the last hundred days
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tens of thousands of people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have died, and when I was called on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that those were people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had conversations with a number of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senior government officials who,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"why are you saying people with disabilities"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these were old people with underlying conditions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in nursing homes, and long term care
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilities, look you don't go to a nursing home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are old. You go to a nursing home because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a disability and the supports and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,services you need to stay in the community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not been given to you, and that majority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some would say of all those deaths in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congregate facilites are people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them black and brown and people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in poverty, and the failures of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American's with Disabilities Act, the homestead decision and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our governments will to monitor and force
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this law and the rehabilitation act have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastating impact on where we are today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the depth of many of our siblings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without out end in sight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie, okay so next onto the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future. With the work you have been doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have seen a lot in terms of progress and barriers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could pick one thing to change or that needs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to occur to have access and equality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that is hard, one thing. To have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and equality present in the lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people with disabilities, what would that be?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that must happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities have civil rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections by law. The one thing that must happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that their rights are monitored and enforced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without exception. Following the law is not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough, we need universal designs to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the standard, we need accessibility
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the accommodation to be readily available.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must have monitoring and enforcement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every federal dollar is supposed to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent in compliance with the rehabilitation act
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between the rehab act and what the ADA require.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be no room for people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those civil rights protections to be repeatedly denied
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to fully participate in home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community life. Monitoring and enforcement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must be the floor, the ceiling. But enforcing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these civil rights laws is absolutely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the floor. Thank you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do? What steps can we as community members
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take right now?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we can do right now is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my favorite sayings is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"never give up, never give in"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another favorites is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"nothing about us, without us"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We as disability community leaders, need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stick together, we need to center our work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around people who are multiple marginalized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excluded, we need to be sure that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not wasting our time with in fighting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the kind of divisive childish behavior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some folks are still stuck on engaging in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We absolutely must reach a hand forward,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reach a hand back, stick together and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue relentlessly to work towards
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the realization of the goal that the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was written around and so many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our siblings have fought so very hard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for, we've lost a bunch of those hard working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visionary leaders, many of them have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost in recent years, some have been lost
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the way. We have an incredible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legacy to care for, we have huge
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities to work towards. Technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the potential of leveling the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing field if in fact people have real access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the World Institute on Disability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our commitment to work in partnership
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other disability lead organizations and our allies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make communities stronger, more resilient for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole community. When we get it right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities, I think the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole community not only benefits is stronger
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our leadership, our contributions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our expertise in what it takes to make daily life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excellent thank you.