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I'm Art Blaser in Orange, California

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South of Los Angeles.

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And the first question had to do with

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my background and how I became aware

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of the ADA, Disability association

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In my case, 
although I had some knowledge before,

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not a lot less than most people,

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til I became disabled,

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Which was in 1983, 
I had a brain stem stroke

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and became disabled and a full time

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wheelchair user today.

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and I would say that

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the issues of disability

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I confronted

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a big one was access to my home

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and a simple one was access to my job.

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That although curb cuts were in theory

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supposed to be in place

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by 1995, in practice, they weren't.

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They are today, which I think is

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emblematic of the impact of the ADA.

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As of now we've got things

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to the time but,

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The spirit of the ADA

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was the confrontation of

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people being public about their needs

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and eventually, Orange, where I lived,

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had curb cuts at the corners, which meant

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it was possible for me to live

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about five blocks from campus.

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I had improvements and accommodations

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which included a computerized voice

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that makes it possible to teach.

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The kinds of things that

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wouldn't have existed decades ago.

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Fortunately, in California as a professor

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I was able to take advantage of

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good state laws.

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But I think they're being forced by

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the spirit of the ADA.

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We see the ADA affect for good point of the spirit

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and some things that don't work

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just about every day that they

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try to get access to different buildings.

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and quite often the experiences

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of other people say

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this shouldn't be happening,

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but in fact it is.

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But the big difference is

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is that were people motivated,

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eventually things change and adapt.

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I've noticed it most

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in education.

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I teach

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at Chapman University, since 1981,

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so before the ADA.

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When I was not disabled I taught it there

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I noticed a lot of the affects through

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teaching disabilities, at least.

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and I've had students

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who actually grew up knowing

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that the ADA existed

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and they're the so-called "ADA generation"

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Which makes a big difference

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People are claiming disability and trying

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to make the world a better place.

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And, in many cases, they're successful

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and in some cases, not.

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But there are reasons for it

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and I think there's a desire

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to understand the reasons.

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I think they want us to

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where and how peopl live

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and the contrast between nersing homes

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and lacks of the community

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and were experiencing threw Covid 19 the current crisis

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a lot of death in nursing homes worldwide.

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I think one of the

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unfortunate things we are seeing

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is the lack of forward movement

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toward nursing home reforms

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we cant continue to live in congregate settings

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and a number of people are

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the independent living centers

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and independent living movement

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some things that I fell privleged

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in a lot of ways to be involved in

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with a center for independent living

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for Orang county and LA

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and a major issue has bee

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transition from nursing homes

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and that will continue to be a major

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issue including interpretations of cors.

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which I think it's very importent that