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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.32,0:00:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see in the corner the record button
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.06,0:00:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you should see that it's recording now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.38,0:00:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am going to mute myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.14,0:00:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll go ahead and do your intro.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.86,0:00:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.10,0:00:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi there, I'm Marcie Roth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.55,0:00:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.87,0:00:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For my whole adult life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.40,0:00:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, since I was a freshman in high school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.35,0:00:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am currently the executive director and CEO of the World Institute on Disability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.82,0:00:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been working over the years in services
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.17,0:00:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people living in residential programs early
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.40,0:01:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my career with people in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children in school settings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.32,0:01:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in vocational rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.69,0:01:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then people in community living environments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.42,0:01:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then along the way, I became very involved in disability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.67,0:01:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very involved in the early days of advocacy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.86,0:01:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the ADA was introduced.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.19,0:01:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I worked for disability advocacy organizations almost ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to my own disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.12,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also the parent of two now adults with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.16,0:02:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities. My husband also has a disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.06,0:02:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much of my family also happen to be people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.22,0:02:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so disability rights is just a part of everything I am and most everything I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.100,0:02:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did spend from 2001 and onward focusing very much
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.32,0:02:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what happens for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.58,0:02:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before, during, and after disasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.33,0:02:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's been a real particular laser focus of mine ever since,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.18,0:02:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, I've had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.95,0:03:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an appointee in the Obama administration
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.47,0:03:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend just about 8 years at FEMA,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.23,0:03:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing FEMA's Office of Disability Integration Coordination,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.12,0:03:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building a cadre of disability experts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.37,0:03:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focusing on supporting governors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.28,0:03:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and emergency managers and most particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.73,0:03:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engaging people with disabilities and disability organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.48,0:03:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in emergency preparedness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.68,0:03:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throughout disaster response recover and mitigation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.67,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one last piece since I've been with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the World Institute on Disabilities since last September,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.56,0:04:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my ongoing focus on global disability rights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.56,0:04:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has really been something that I've had
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.95,0:04:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more opportunity to be actively
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.55,0:04:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in and I have spent the time since joining
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.61,0:04:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with building a strategic planning process
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.48,0:04:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supporting the organization to establish new priorities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.26,0:04:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a look at the organizations mission
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.11,0:04:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very recently establishing four particular areas of focus
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.17,0:04:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the organization as we move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.29,0:05:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie. Excellent, okay
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.09,0:05:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize that my neighbor is chipping a lot of brush today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's making extra sound whenever I unmute
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.06,0:05:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't worry, it won't interfere with your recording.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.89,0:05:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the first question is about the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.88,0:05:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So tell your first memory realizing that there were
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.58,0:05:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility issues, discrimination, or lack of inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.44,0:05:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your personal story or connection
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.26,0:05:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the American's with Disabilities Act?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.79,0:05:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you remember about the day that it was signed, if applicable?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.74,0:05:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was the impact on you and on others?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.01,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember to tap something that the camera shifts to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.72,0:05:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you start.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.72,0:05:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first became aware of disability at a very young age.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.54,0:06:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a best friend in first grade, his name was Gregory,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.41,0:06:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he and I were just wonderful friends
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.64,0:06:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent a lot of time together, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.75,0:06:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the sudden one day, Gregory was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.74,0:06:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know what happened to him or where he went
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.42,0:06:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until many years later
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.01,0:06:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found out that Gregory had Down Syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.94,0:06:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had been removed from my Kindergarten class,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.44,0:06:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first grade I think it was at that point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.84,0:06:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apparently he had been sent to some other school somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.22,0:06:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the loss of his friendship was pretty surprising
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.48,0:07:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't understand, you know, where he went.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.40,0:07:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back on it it's kind of peculiar that we didn't get to still be friends
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.71,0:07:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause he didn't move away, he just stopped going to my school.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.87,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.56,0:07:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just being confused and then over the next number of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.75,0:07:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in a town that was also the home of Save the Children.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.57,0:07:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was always very interested in the work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.45,0:07:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Save the Children was doing, and I am
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.98,0:07:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embarrassed to admit that my earliest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.71,0:08:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involvement in humanitarian work was from a, you know a very charity-model approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.75,0:08:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of my childhood raising
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.90,0:08:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,money for Save the Children, and getting
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.58,0:08:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in other activities that were very
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.75,0:08:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much following the charity-pity model and certainly not a model
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.50,0:08:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making space for and supporting and lifting up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.98,0:08:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.59,0:08:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The on set of my disability wasn't until many years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.26,0:09:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was in high school, I had a
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.73,0:09:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requirement to do community service and I
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.34,0:09:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had an opportunity to do, had an obligation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.57,0:09:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do community service and we started off.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.32,0:09:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the year of the first Earth Day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.21,0:09:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started crushing glass at the local
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.47,0:09:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling center. It turned out that it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.47,0:09:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really boring but lots of my classmates
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.15,0:09:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were volunteering at a state institution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.71,0:09:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities and I joined them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.26,0:10:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a week, looking back on it again it was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.38,0:10:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty shocking at 13 years old I was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.54,0:10:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assigned as the teacher of a classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.44,0:10:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 30 adults who had never had the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.50,0:10:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to attend school and now had
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.37,0:10:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 13 year old teacher once a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.04,0:10:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needless to say, I learned way more from them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.12,0:10:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they learned from me, but we had a lot of fun
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.12,0:10:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of them became friends, you know, very much along the rest of my path.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.32,0:10:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, some of them are no longer alive
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.20,0:10:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are a couple of people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.88,0:10:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still very much apart of my life, and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.23,0:11:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fortunately they were successful in
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.87,0:11:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberating themselves from that state
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.08,0:11:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institution and so, they and many others
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.70,0:11:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught me a lot but the real pivotal
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.92,0:11:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience for me, I was working back at
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.94,0:11:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that state institution. This was my first paid job
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.20,0:11:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in disability services and I had been
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.01,0:11:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hired to work in what was called a cottage, for
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.67,0:11:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 women with intellectual disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.45,0:11:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This cottage was on beautiful ground, but
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.96,0:11:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the women lived in a building with 20 on
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.53,0:11:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one side and 20 on the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.59,0:12:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My responsibilities included assisting them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.81,0:12:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in bathing and getting dressed and eating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.32,0:12:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them were unable to feed themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.06,0:12:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some because they never been given
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.36,0:12:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity and others because of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.18,0:12:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their physical disability and a lack of any
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.80,0:12:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supportive or adaptive utensils or other equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.50,0:12:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as I was feeding people it was the same every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.75,0:12:58.04,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: 0,0:12:58.04,0:12:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mound was always green
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.95,0:13:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mound was always white, you know the meat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.34,0:13:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vegetable, and the starch, and I know that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.64,0:13:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like to eat their meals different ways, there would
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.37,0:13:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also be a dessert everyday, a jello, ice cream again in a mound.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.21,0:13:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would spend time with each of the individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.16,0:13:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were having their meal, and would sort of be kind of working
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.33,0:13:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together trying to figure out, did they
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.62,0:13:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prefer to eat their desert first?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.35,0:13:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people like to do that, did they prefer
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.63,0:14:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of brown and a little bit of white
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.25,0:14:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all on the same fork? Did they not want
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.42,0:14:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them touching, and you know I would sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.70,0:14:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work back and forth with them to try to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.32,0:14:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out what their preference was and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.44,0:14:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got in trouble because I was spending
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.13,0:14:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to much time and ultimately, I was moved
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.65,0:14:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a different position because I was taking
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.68,0:14:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to much time giving people and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.08,0:14:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to make some choices and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.83,0:14:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,express some preferences. That was extremely
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.17,0:14:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pivotal and in many ways, you know, those early
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.41,0:14:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early experiences, have really, totally driven who I am
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.72,0:15:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I believe all of these years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.58,0:15:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of the American's with Disabilities Act
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.30,0:15:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had very close personal experience with
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.23,0:15:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was then called public law 94142:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.10,0:15:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Education of All Handicaps Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.45,0:15:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later on renamed The Individuals with
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.61,0:15:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act, IDEA and I had a very personal
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.77,0:15:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family experience with IDEA and became aware
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.96,0:15:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of legislative initiatives, and how the IDEA had just been passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.58,0:15:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I started to become more aware of the work
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.89,0:16:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being done, this was back int he 70's. Working
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.31,0:16:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being done on some other legislative initatives, the 504
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.40,0:16:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Passage of Rehabilitation Act, followed by the 504
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.60,0:16:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit-in in San Francisco to get the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.47,0:16:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulations put in place. That really caught my attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.15,0:16:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the little bits of information I was getting there
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.60,0:16:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work I was doing and then becoming a full time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.12,0:16:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advocate, going to work for an independent
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.49,0:17:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living center in 1982, I then became extremely
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.43,0:17:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in systems change and how to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.21,0:17:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policy, how to organize, how to support
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.20,0:17:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rights, voices and preferences of other
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.75,0:17:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and because I lived in Connecticut and the
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.98,0:17:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,original author of the American's with
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.16,0:17:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disabilities Act, the first time the bill
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.83,0:17:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was introduced was senator Will Weiker
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.24,0:17:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Connecticut and Senator Weiker, father
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.67,0:17:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a great young man who had Down Syndrome
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.12,0:17:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senator Welker was very involved with
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.75,0:18:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the disability advocacy community in Connecticut
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.16,0:18:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I then had the incredible opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.18,0:18:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to Boston and testify and on of the
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.85,0:18:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congressman Major Owens field of hearings
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.94,0:18:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the American's with Disabilities Act so
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.44,0:18:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course that first time around the bill
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.23,0:18:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't pass. But boy oh boy, were we revved up
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.60,0:18:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the passage of the ADA, in the period of which
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.43,0:18:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once the bill was reintroduced
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.51,0:18:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and folks were organizing, I remember that we had
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.31,0:19:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stacks and stacks and stacks of bright pink
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.60,0:19:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,post cards, and we were organizing folks across the state
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.100,0:19:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop, to sign those post cards supporting
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.46,0:19:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passage of the ADA and then, this was sort
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.19,0:19:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a wonderful but maybe a miss leading experience
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.16,0:19:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually were successful! The bill got
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.07,0:19:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed, I remember thinking oh well this wasn't that hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.02,0:19:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to go at it twice but this wasn't so hard!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.58,0:19:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take on some more legislation. So
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.67,0:19:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns out it wasn't as easy as it looked to me
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.60,0:20:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't just about hot pink post cards, and meetings, and marches
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.72,0:20:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all helped but even that sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.13,0:20:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these days doesn't seem to be enough to change policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.16,0:20:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my earliest journey to 1990.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.47,0:20:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie, okay were going to present now
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.23,0:20:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just so you know I do have another interview at 2
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.79,0:20:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to have three more sections.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.73,0:20:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present, the future and the call to
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.96,0:20:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,action, so just to pace yourself within those
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.15,0:20:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the present, has the ADA made a difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.17,0:20:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us about your "Aha" moment that told you
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.63,0:20:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the ADA is or is not making a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.14,0:21:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to what extent based on your passions
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.99,0:21:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and area of expertise, where you see or
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.57,0:21:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not see the impact of the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.90,0:21:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the ADA has had a huge and sweeping impact
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.60,0:21:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I... Its important for me to begin as I talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.43,0:21:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the present day as were embarking on ADA 30.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.50,0:21:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its really important to start with, how
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.11,0:21:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much things absolutely have changed, and certainly some
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.18,0:21:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the architectural barrier removal efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.89,0:21:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the significant improvements in
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.22,0:22:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effective, equally effective communication
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.62,0:22:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the requirements around programs
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.27,0:22:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those have significantly changed
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.58,0:22:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most, I can't even say most of the time... often.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.87,0:22:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been many great initiatives
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.75,0:22:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the years, but we always had to
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.71,0:22:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain a relentless battle to, to not let
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.20,0:22:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything slip, to not lose and sort of momentum,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.25,0:22:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards accessibility. If we look away for
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.85,0:22:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a minute, our rights will be swept away
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.70,0:23:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from us, I can certainly talk about the
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.70,0:23:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very present day, and what I have to say
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.71,0:23:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about where we are today, is not
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.32,0:23:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great, so I do want to take a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.84,0:23:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more time to call out the significant
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.35,0:23:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progress in so many aspects of daily life,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.82,0:23:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we can call out failures of ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.37,0:23:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compliance, enforcement of the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.23,0:24:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is often times in comparison to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.04,0:24:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the examples of where it's working.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.57,0:24:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when transportation is not accessible
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.42,0:24:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're calling it out because we know the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.52,0:24:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good and the promising practices that have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.84,0:24:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been in place for transportation accesabilty
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.30,0:24:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make the failures so much more egregious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.64,0:24:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In housing, in employment, in the kinds
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.91,0:24:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of assistive devices that are available
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.80,0:24:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the universal design of places and things,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.22,0:25:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that points to the examples of where
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.51,0:25:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are getting it right, In stark contrast
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.16,0:25:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the areas where we are getting it egreigously
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.51,0:25:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting it wrong. I have to say that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.16,0:25:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just very recently, I have lead my
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.78,0:25:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization involvement in a petition to
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.96,0:25:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the U.S Department of Health and Human
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Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.93,0:25:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities be immediately located
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Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.82,0:26:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settings due to the horrific circumstances
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.05,0:26:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those congregate settings, to Covid-19
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.53,0:26:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the failure to provide appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.39,0:26:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections for people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.79,0:26:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and institutional settings. The ADA back in 1990
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.48,0:26:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very clearly gave people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.78,0:26:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,significant rights, and even when
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.05,0:27:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenged in 1999, the homestead case
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.94,0:27:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a Georgia case, and two women
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.13,0:27:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who Lois and Elaine, Lois Curtis an
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.37,0:27:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible woman, I have had the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.04,0:27:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasure of being with on a number of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.18,0:27:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occasions. The two of them demanded that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.02,0:27:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had a right to live in the most intergraded
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.90,0:27:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting appropriate to their needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.58,0:27:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The decision, the case went all the way to
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.18,0:27:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court, and I was among
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.01,0:27:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who slept out on the steps of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.94,0:28:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Supreme Court on the night before
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.20,0:28:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their case was heard. I was among the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.34,0:28:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks who celebrated out in front of the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.07,0:28:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supreme Court on the day that decision
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.20,0:28:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came down in favor of Lois and Elaine
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.21,0:28:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right and the rights of thousands, tens of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.45,0:28:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands, millions of people with
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.45,0:28:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to be, to live in the most
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.36,0:28:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intergraded setting appropriate to their
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.86,0:28:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs. Given that we are 21 years after
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.25,0:28:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that decision, yesterday the American
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.29,0:28:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Civil Liberties Union submitted a petition
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.40,0:28:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the World Institute on Disability joined
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.42,0:28:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of disability organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.53,0:28:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a bringing that petition, demanding
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.86,0:29:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people with disabilities be immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.30,0:29:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relocated out of these congregate settings.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.01,0:29:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tens of thousands of people have died
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.38,0:29:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last hundred days, the genocide of
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.50,0:29:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities because of the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.93,0:29:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failures of implementation of that
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.18,0:29:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homestead decision and the failures of our
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.100,0:29:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government to provide that kind of support
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.82,0:29:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and services that enable people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.29,0:29:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live safely and and with the support
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.18,0:29:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need in place in the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.38,0:30:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very infuriatingly, our continued persistent
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.64,0:30:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call for people with disabilities to be
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.04,0:30:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adequately served in these disasters
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.22,0:30:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been ignored and the bottom line
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.04,0:30:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been that again, over the last hundred days
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.85,0:30:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tens of thousands of people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.73,0:30:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have died, and when I was called on
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.02,0:30:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that those were people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.18,0:30:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had conversations with a number of
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.43,0:30:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senior government officials who,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.58,0:30:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"why are you saying people with disabilities"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.41,0:30:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these were old people with underlying conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.83,0:31:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in nursing homes, and long term care
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.20,0:31:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilities, look you don't go to a nursing home
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.72,0:31:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are old. You go to a nursing home because
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.08,0:31:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a disability and the supports and
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.16,0:31:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,services you need to stay in the community
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.54,0:31:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not been given to you, and that majority
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.09,0:31:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some would say of all those deaths in
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.37,0:31:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congregate facilites are people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.22,0:31:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them black and brown and people
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.36,0:31:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in poverty, and the failures of
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.08,0:31:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American's with Disabilities Act, the homestead decision and
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.25,0:31:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our governments will to monitor and force
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.35,0:31:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this law and the rehabilitation act have a
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.30,0:32:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastating impact on where we are today
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.84,0:32:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the depth of many of our siblings,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.92,0:32:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without out end in sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.18,0:32:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Marcie, okay so next onto the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.94,0:32:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future. With the work you have been doing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.96,0:32:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have seen a lot in terms of progress and barriers.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.86,0:32:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could pick one thing to change or that needs
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.06,0:32:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to occur to have access and equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.27,0:32:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that is hard, one thing. To have
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.04,0:32:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and equality present in the lives
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.28,0:32:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people with disabilities, what would that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.59,0:32:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that must happen
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.52,0:32:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities have civil rights
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.32,0:32:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protections by law. The one thing that must happen
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.46,0:33:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that their rights are monitored and enforced
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.46,0:33:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without exception. Following the law is not
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.10,0:33:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough, we need universal designs to be
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.01,0:33:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the standard, we need accessibility
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.31,0:33:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the accommodation to be readily available.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.95,0:33:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must have monitoring and enforcement.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.10,0:33:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every federal dollar is supposed to be
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.53,0:33:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent in compliance with the rehabilitation act
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.43,0:33:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between the rehab act and what the ADA require.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.95,0:33:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be no room for people with
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.13,0:33:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those civil rights protections to be repeatedly denied
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.99,0:34:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to fully participate in home
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.79,0:34:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community life. Monitoring and enforcement
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.90,0:34:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must be the floor, the ceiling. But enforcing
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.45,0:34:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these civil rights laws is absolutely
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.18,0:34:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the floor. Thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.67,0:34:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do? What steps can we as community members
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.89,0:34:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.54,0:34:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we can do right now is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.16,0:34:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my favorite sayings is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.56,0:34:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"never give up, never give in"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.73,0:34:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another favorites is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.78,0:34:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"nothing about us, without us"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.05,0:35:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We as disability community leaders, need
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.22,0:35:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stick together, we need to center our work
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.10,0:35:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around people who are multiple marginalized
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.88,0:35:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excluded, we need to be sure that
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.55,0:35:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not wasting our time with in fighting
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.94,0:35:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the kind of divisive childish behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.81,0:35:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some folks are still stuck on engaging in.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.96,0:35:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We absolutely must reach a hand forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.29,0:35:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reach a hand back, stick together and
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.37,0:36:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue relentlessly to work towards
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.33,0:36:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the realization of the goal that the ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.82,0:36:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was written around and so many
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.17,0:36:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our siblings have fought so very hard
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.55,0:36:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for, we've lost a bunch of those hard working
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.76,0:36:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visionary leaders, many of them have been
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.07,0:36:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lost in recent years, some have been lost
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.00,0:36:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the way. We have an incredible
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.27,0:36:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legacy to care for, we have huge
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.75,0:37:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities to work towards. Technology
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.33,0:37:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the potential of leveling the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.94,0:37:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing field if in fact people have real access
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.37,0:37:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the World Institute on Disability
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.66,0:37:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our commitment to work in partnership
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.59,0:37:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other disability lead organizations and our allies
Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.89,0:37:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make communities stronger, more resilient for
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.15,0:37:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole community. When we get it right
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.99,0:37:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities, I think the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.10,0:37:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole community not only benefits is stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.49,0:37:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our leadership, our contributions,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.36,0:38:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our expertise in what it takes to make daily life
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.61,0:38:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.49,0:38:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excellent thank you.