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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, a disability association

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In my case, [br]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, [br]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's 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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that I teach

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at Chapman University, since 1981,

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so before the ADA.

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And, When I was not disabled, I teach toda

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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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understand The association

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where and how people live

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and the contrast between nursing homes

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and lacks of the community

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Or medical setting

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and we're experiencing through Covid-19

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The current crisis

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a lot of death in nursing homes worldwide.

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and we also have the cordescence at the

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active date that helps the case

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The interpretations of that

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the people that live in the community with disabilities

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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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or estates

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we can't continue to live in congregate

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settings

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and a number of people are

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Living in

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the independent living centers

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and independent living movement

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some things that I feel privileged

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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 Orange county and LA

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and a major issue has been

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transitions from nursing homes

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and that will continue to be a major

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issue including interpretations of cores.

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which I think it's very important

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Were seeing a lot of people who have

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had covid 19

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not only in the Untied states

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but also whereas well

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England has notes ruffly the same thing happing

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About half of the deaths

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are people in nursing homes

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and other medical centers

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is that now were seeing a lot

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of people who've covid 19

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tested positive and recovered

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but a lot of indications that they

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haven't recovered perfectly

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that many of them like me have stroke

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some things similar to multiple sclerosis

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and a lot of people haven't thought

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of themselves as disabled but in fact

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have many of the conditions of disability

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and an important factor in the coming

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years and I think that people

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claim disability

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and discover that it's actually a part

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of the way a lot of us live

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and that's something that's

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going to go away, become impotent

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to people like me is that

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we can make the world a lot better

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by anodizing the rights

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that should come along with disability

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the most important step that

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we as community members can take

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is education so that they can see that

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all of us are involved in thew their life

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span because they can inside..........

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and considering people of both

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dimensions of disability

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some with pride and positive atitudes

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towards human differences continue

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through the life spans and

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beyond that

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at first, might find it difficult to

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deal with disability threw politics

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like the Americans with Disability Acts

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and......... Right

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but thats very