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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.40,0:00:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.76,0:00:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Michelle Nario - Redmond
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.68,0:00:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a social psychologist and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.37,0:00:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I teach at Hiram College
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.52,0:00:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in psychology and biomedical\Nhumanities program
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.44,0:00:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just wrote a book on ableism\Nthe causes and consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.73,0:00:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of disability prejudice.\NMy first memory
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.97,0:00:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll just back up and say in 1990,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.27,0:00:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the ADA passed \NI was in graduate school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.10,0:00:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Kansas, and disability prejudice,\Nthe ADA or anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.13,0:00:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,related to disability issues \Nwere completely off my radar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.05,0:00:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I worked at a place \Nwhere one of the pioneers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.58,0:00:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of disability studies worked, \NBeatrice Wright,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.76,0:00:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hadn't yet to have a class with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.40,0:00:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really wasn't until 1995,\Nwhich was five years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my daughter was born,\NSierra, with spina bifida,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.57,0:01:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I became aware \Nof disability and found the work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.39,0:01:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Carol Gill and Simi Linton\Nand began to educate myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.86,0:01:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on disability studies and its scope,\Nand the first memory I have of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.35,0:01:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confronting inaccessible spaces\Nwas a few years later, when we enrolled
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.57,0:01:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daughter Sierra in a preschool,\Nat a catholic preschool,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.96,0:01:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right down the road; and it just didn't\Neven dawn on me that we would have to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.92,0:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work so hard for her to be accommodated\Nas a preschooler,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.47,0:01:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was really a function of\Nthe fact that the building was older,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.25,0:01:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were steps, and they really didn't\Nknow, nor did they need to legally know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.14,0:01:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about reasonable accommodations \Nand civil rights of their students,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.55,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were a private facility and\Nweren't subject to the ADA's rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.81,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... it became clear to me that \Nwe needed to find a new preschool,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.30,0:02:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and luckily we found a private,\Nanother private place. It wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.91,0:02:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a public school, but it \Nwas a music school settlement
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.95,0:02:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they had resources\Nand they were already operating
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.41,0:02:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under a sort of set of presumptions\Nabout the value of diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.57,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and diverse perspectives,\Nand we didn't really have to ask for much,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.93,0:02:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they bent over backwards\Nto include my daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.65,0:02:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a typical classroom, with her peers,\Nher preschool peers, music classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.36,0:02:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were so many eclectic\Nmovement classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they even purchased\Nequipment for their exercise room
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.05,0:02:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and movement room\Nthat would be useful to her among others,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.87,0:02:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has since grown up to become\Nthis teacher and has applied
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.06,0:03:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work there as a preschool teacher.\NSo, I think it would be really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.60,0:03:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing, if she came full circle. \NBut, I guess, to stance the broader
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.32,0:03:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,question about being frustrated and aware \Nof inaccessibility and lack of inclusion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.92,0:03:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were in a district that, when she then,\Nwas about to move to preschool, I
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.51,0:03:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew that she wouldn't probably be able to\Ngo to a private school, not only because
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.06,0:03:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the financial cost, but because \Nthey would not have to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.58,0:03:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,best practices and the law when\Nit came to accommodating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.98,0:03:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their students with disabilities,\Nand so I knew we would be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.13,0:03:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at the public school, and the \Npublic school in our neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.97,0:03:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not accessible. We went to visit it,\Nthe playground had a little house
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.38,0:03:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she wouldn't have been \Nable to get into,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.25,0:03:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was really disheartening\Nand so it came at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.88,0:03:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were already looking\Nfor other opportunities,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.39,0:04:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my husband got an opportunity\Nto move us as a family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.57,0:04:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the West Coast\Nof Portland of Oregon, and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.08,0:04:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the way I...we had to\Nnavigate her early educational experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.57,0:04:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to only look at spaces and schools\Nthat were in districts that were new,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.59,0:04:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that had buildings \Nand had training in terms of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.18,0:04:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accommodating their diverse students\Nand their disabled students,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.37,0:04:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because just having the brief experiences\Nthat I did with the preschool
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.32,0:04:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and IEP meetings that were going to\Nrequire me to fight at every juncture
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.87,0:04:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for her basic rights \Nto show what she knows
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.98,0:04:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and participate and recognize herself\Nas a valuable contributor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.36,0:04:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the school community.\NWe're not going to be forthcoming
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.94,0:04:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a fight, \Nand so we narrowed our search
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.45,0:04:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a district,\Nand thank God we had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.22,0:05:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the resources to do this,\Nthat was pretty known for their
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.51,0:05:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inclusivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.10,0:05:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did that also when we came back \Nto the Cleveland, Ohio area.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.81,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were able to avoid all districts\Nthat weren't at the cutting edge
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.41,0:05:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of full inclusion and proof of excellence\Nand had newer buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.51,0:05:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could accommodate those \Nwith disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.62,0:05:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I guess that that was my earliest\Nmemory of how, 'Oh, we have a road
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.87,0:05:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ahead of us and we have to take it upon\Nourselves to either continue to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.47,0:05:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battles that had already been won, \Nlegislatively or find spaces, places
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.38,0:05:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and organizations that were ahead\Nof the curve
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.98,0:05:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of implementing, monitoring and \Njust execute the basic civil rights
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.48,0:05:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their various constituents
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.74,0:05:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impact that all of that has had on me \Nis to just be able to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.64,0:06:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other parents and students \Nwith disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.33,0:06:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about not only knowing their rights but\Nknowing how to get those rights
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.09,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to advocate for ensuring that those \Nrights are addressed, are met.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.64,0:06:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the ADA has made \Na huge difference
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.20,0:06:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the aha moment was even when I was\Ncollating information for this book
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.81,0:06:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on disability prejudice. I realised that \Nwhen I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.96,0:06:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s, \Npeople with disabilities weren't able to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.69,0:06:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do any of the things that we took for \Ngranted as kids: go to the movies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.43,0:06:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to restaurants, go to visit a friend,\Nat a friend's house, or invite
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.55,0:06:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others to your birthday parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.56,0:06:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, since the ADA passed in 1990, \Nit wasn't an immediate set of changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.01,0:07:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as, you know, there has been significant\Nprogress made, particularly in public
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.66,0:07:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spaces and in employment settings, \Nwhere there are even employers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.96,0:07:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are part of an organization \Nof inclusive excellence, who
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.88,0:07:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognize that disabled employees are \Nactually more reliable and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.72,0:07:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have less turnover and are worth\Ninvesting in and promoting.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.23,0:07:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there are still so many places, \Nsmall businesses, educational institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.94,0:07:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are not carrying out the basic, \Nsort of gains and practices that the ADA
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.89,0:07:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has made possible .There's just way too \Nmuch variation, and I think part of that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.23,0:07:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just a lack of education in \Nterms of what
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.14,0:07:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is reasonable and what is necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.71,0:07:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of accommodating your citizenry
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.01,0:08:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lack of resources in some cases but
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.26,0:08:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also a lot of misinformation about whether
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.73,0:08:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not it's worth it. The ADA is going to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.29,0:08:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be 30 here in July. We're celebrating all
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.54,0:08:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the country and we are still fighting
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.64,0:08:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for businesses to do what they should have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.91,0:08:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done 30 years ago, those that have been
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.39,0:08:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around this long. They have not, they have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.56,0:08:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have waited for complaints or they have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.85,0:08:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failed to do but the bare minimum in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.47,0:08:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terms of recruiting the largest minority
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.92,0:08:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work in the education sphere and to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.79,0:08:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could be doing so much more with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.32,0:08:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advertising and recruiting for those kinds
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.94,0:08:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of students that we tend to really, at
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.70,0:08:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,least my institution, do well to retain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.40,0:08:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're a small, intimate college,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.02,0:08:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hiram College. And, and for \Nyears I've tried to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.92,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encourage us to consider more universally
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.72,0:09:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed approaches, but also approaches
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.45,0:09:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that do more than the bare minimum\Nwhen it comes to housing and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.02,0:09:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extracurricular accommodations for
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.68,0:09:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students to who use mobility devices. For
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.52,0:09:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,example, my daughter ended up having to be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.58,0:09:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carried in her chair, to various club
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.45,0:09:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meetings while she was on the Hiram
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.65,0:09:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,College campus. She was told that, \Nduring the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.55,0:09:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winter, when the ice storms came, that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.14,0:09:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they couldn't transport her up the long
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.77,0:09:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hill, while they were\Ntelling everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.62,0:09:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,else to walk like a penguin, and we had
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.32,0:09:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vans to do this. We had to file with the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.27,0:09:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ohio Disability Rights Commission and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.41,0:09:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,request that the school thinks about other
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.24,0:09:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways of accommodating her, should there
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.51,0:09:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a storm, an ice storm, and she can't
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.63,0:09:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get up to campus.\NAnd the solution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.18,0:09:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to have her move to a\Nnew dorm.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.79,0:10:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just do that over night.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.01,0:10:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just move all your bedding
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.86,0:10:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all your bathroom supplies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.23,0:10:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your whole... you know at the moment's
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.88,0:10:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice, when the weather changes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.46,0:10:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it has been my experience that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.44,0:10:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still a lot of places have done\Nthe bare minimum approach
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.36,0:10:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think that that's all they need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.82,0:10:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when instead, they could be following more
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.16,0:10:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the latest practices and \Nimplementation's science
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.02,0:10:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making it easier for people to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.14,0:10:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,register concerns or complaints. And
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.72,0:10:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they often don't even need to file a
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.39,0:10:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formal complaint issue, if you \Napproach a business or
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.93,0:10:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your educational institution \Nwith an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.86,0:10:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often times, progressive thinkers that \Nrecognize the value of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.23,0:10:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,customers with disabilities frequenting\Ntheir businesses or
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.16,0:10:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diversifying their faculty or their\Nstudent body
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.06,0:11:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will simply not be aware that they have\Nfailed to accommodate or
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.84,0:11:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make accessible various programs\Nand spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.11,0:11:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can be as simple as asking.\NBut a lot of times a lot more
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.38,0:11:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be done, you have to document\Nyou have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.15,0:11:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure your emails go to\Nmultiple people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.91,0:11:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make the business case of why \Nsurveying your policies
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.33,0:11:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see whether they are biases or whether
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.93,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is discrimination in filing of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complaints or even you have a title
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of, you know, a (...) officer on campus\Nor (...) cooridnator
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can let students\Nwith disabilities know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who may have not proper documentation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they can go about making sure that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get what they need to show
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they know, before they fail classes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they haven't knocked at the door
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of disability services and provided proof
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have a particular condition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I know, I am sort of rambling a bit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just, just wasn't aware of how much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further we need to go when it comes to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surveying and making sure that the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being implemented and just because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law passes doesn't mean again
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is just going to happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to have allies and acitivists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insiders working very hard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that people are recognizing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the value of legislation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think, still people are under
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the assumption that it applies to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who identify with disabilities but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think that was even neccesserely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the intent of the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it recognizes that people flow
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and out of abilities and the extent to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they are excluded or discriminated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against, because of their abilities is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really what this legislation was about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even having a record of having a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condition that maybe you no longer have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you had it temporarily can mean that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be excluded. If you applied for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jobs recently, you know, many places
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,require a statement. You have to indicate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based of strict definitions whether you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have limitations in these major life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activities that will qualify you as a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabled person and I want to believe that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are asking these questions, so that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can mindfully recruit people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities joining their ranks, their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staffing, but sometimes I think what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prevents people from using that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information to disqualify candidates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there has to be checks and balances
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accountabilities when it comes to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure your civil rights legislation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't put all of the owners on the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,group itself to file and follow through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out which parts of the ADA are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being violated. You know that can be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really discouraging when all you want to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do is go out and you know, go to the beach
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out which beaches are accessible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether there is, you know, a mobility
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devices that are availible via the sand or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just want to go camping or you just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to go frequent people who are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minorities on businesses or disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on businesses and some of this is out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there and I tried to promote it through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,books and activists pages, but there is so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much that we can do to leverage more of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ways of monitoring and implementing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking access to the next level whether
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the disabled community pro forma or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proper or for anyone who uses strollers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who might carry a lot of materials in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their hands could benefit from a push
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,button. I think we need all to make a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better job at making the business and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other benefit cases for improving our ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access. Where my passions lie of late is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in getting out the votes because we know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that disabled people have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disenfranchised from the vote and from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parenting and from all kind sorts of other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basic human rights but this being an election
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year there is all kinds of folks working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to crip the vote, #cripthevote Alice Wong
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others who have been trying to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sure that candidates for president and for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congressional offices and even local
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,campaigns are expressing what their stance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on the ADA and on disability rights and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human rights and hold, for the first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time we've seen some traction on that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what people don't realize is how many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places are not accessible to voters with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities either because they use
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assisted technologies that don't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interphase with the electronic equipement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they can't get accessible transportation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the place itself is simply inaccessible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they are institutionalized and barred
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from voting because of that and so the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,center fro American progress has been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,publishing some of the numbers, like over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60% of polling places are considered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inaccessible. That's a problem. So voting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by mail may benefit a lot of groups if
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think of some of that in the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the second big issue we should
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow up on that not many people know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about and that I am not even so clear of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how is the ADA serves the population of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are incarcerated in jails and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prisons and in institutions. I know the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADA amendments have been 2009 done a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better job of successfully helping folks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,litigate when they are isolated and there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for not included because of their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutionalized placements, but also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am aware that not many people know about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number, the sheer number of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with disabilities visible and a lot of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invisible who are incarcerated and who are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught up in that system of jailing and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't getting what they need inside or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have never been incarcerated to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begin with bacause mayve they experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a condition that was misunderstood from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outset and so instead of deescalating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a situation. Police need more training, we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to make the public more aware of how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many people are languishing in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions where they are not only not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,productive, but you know what a waste of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human capital. So, as we think about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the black lives matter movement and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities for intersectionality, I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think the opportunities for allies of all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kinds of civil rights groups need to come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together and really leverage their powers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin to think about not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about defunding police or the incarcerating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions but recognizing how many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of color have disabilities, how many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women are how many are incarcerated with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities that may not even belong there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there is so much to be done on those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two funds alone. And, clearly employment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are still way under employed but I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know there are folks working to improve
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that and I am trying to work with those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations to araise awareness about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they can do better in terms of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their work force and retaining and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retaining and recruiting actively
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professionals who, you know, they may not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consider as a valuable resource but gosh
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities are so of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most creative folks because they have to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out how navigate and they do have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persepctives that are normally based on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe their particular\Nimpairment experinces
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but having to navigate the world that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't accessible, how to find the backdoor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to find the policies and so there is a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of resilience to be found there, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be asking community members to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confront ableism when they see it and part
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that is educating people on the various
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forms that disability prejudice\Nand discrimination can take.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an interesting moment right now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to anti-racism frameworks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are getting a lot of traction and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are beginning to, at least\Neducational institutions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start teaching circles where many of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are reading Ibram Kenids book how to be an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anit-racist, how to first recognize when
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prejudice and discrimination exist on the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bases of race, that we could also be doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with books related to disability prejudice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abilism but I really think the moment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now to consider some of the things at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same time because I think we may loose
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nuances of people who are confronting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multiple oppressions. Though, I am just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing that up because I know there is a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of folks at my school now thinking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that we review policies to find out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(...) discriminatory
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our policies for recruitment may have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things embedded or cooked into the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,algorithms that are unintentionally
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excluding or failing to retain or promote
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those with disabilities at our institutions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, when I think about the next steps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what people can do I come back to, you know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people say something and they may
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just not know, they are not familiar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps with folks with \Nvarious disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that contact with people who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experienced disabilities and differences
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what makes people less prejudice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they come much more aware of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole person and our stereotypes are not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generalize-able and how if they listened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the voices of disabled people they can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear first hand what is problematic and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be doing by allowing folks with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to speak, to be heard and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then to support their agendas and not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily just take over. \NSo, the confrontation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literature is all about not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying: "Hey, you are a jerk. You just said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something racist or ableist" and putting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people on their defensive heels. That we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do this in ways that actually open up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dialogues and that we should be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encouraging difficult dialogues and brave
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conversations around what we can do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locally in our houses, in our communities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our schools and organizations to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one change, to make one difference: to ask
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is our policy, do we know whether all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our employees know what their rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are, should we be scheduling regular
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meetings with the ADA coordinator, do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks know how to find information and how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to request a accommodation. Would it be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great if parents went into an IEP Meeting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at their schools, knowing what their kids
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got as accommodations. I think people are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so non forthcoming at organizations with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that they view as\Nspecial privileges that are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only for those who, quote on quote, need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it or deserve it. And when we look at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability rights as special privileges,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't see them as civil rights that are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,required to be met and so we could be much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more transparent about making sure our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,websites are not only \Naccessible to navigate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a sensory or other impairments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to make explicit what the policy is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for requesting a accommodations, how you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be fired for disclosing for example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we can confront things in\Nnon-aggressive way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To ask people when they say something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pejorative or maybe just outdated, you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know, the word "handicap" is still out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there i call it "handicrap", the word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"special"' and we can just ask " what do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you mean by that, what do you mean that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't do that or that you curious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that they have sex, can you tell me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more about why you think that and it can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a dialogue and that is something we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can all do. I am still working hard to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make my own home accessible to my 24 year
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old. We did construction to modify the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,house when we first bought it is a single
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level so that she feel like she was a part
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the family and be able to get to all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the kitchen and her bathroom but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there you know the laundry room has one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step that we are still negotiating how to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make sure that she can get into garage but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like where we put things in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refrigerator. You know if you have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wheelchair user in your family or someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is a little person who may have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congenital or an otherwise amputated limb
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we put things on shelves without even
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about who can access the shelf
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my other child who happens to be abled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bodied would before dinner, you know, try
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get a snack and before we could even
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say "no" he was out the door with the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,snack. My daughter would have to come in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say can I , can you get something of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the top shelf from me and then we would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say, you know, why don't you wait until
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dinner time and we have to be mindful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about which drawers we want to put her
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things into. She can't feel like a second
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,class citizen in her own family space and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are some things that we can remind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our peers who have kids with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we try to go on and educated another
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parents in our parenting roles and our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roles as educators and who are diversity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committees. Our diversity committee now is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking on accessibility as part of our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental trying to convince others that we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to be doing ongoing data collection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to benchmark, I think a lot of people are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,afraid of data that might say "your campus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate isn't the most accessible" but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you name the thing, \Nunless you document the thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is perhaps of concern of a less then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully inclusive or accessible, you can't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make progress. And, I think people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appreciate, you know, the one in four
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or five people with disabilities and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their families appreciate when people say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we are not there yet, but this is what we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are doing and in a short term we will have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reviewed our handbooks so that at least
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is done by this year and next year we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to advertise for positions in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places to increase the number of disabled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people on our staff, because students need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentors. They need to see people that look
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like them and then have similar challenges
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they know what is possible, so I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just sort of conclude by \Nsaying my daughter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, made it through preschool and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been in several different kinds of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spaces on college campuses that aren't so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessilble and that are. She is working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the education as a preschool teacher
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herself. But now since\Nthe covid-19 outbreak
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was laid off, she was furloughed from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her brand new job. And, of late she is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting resumes back out and there must be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something about the pandemic now where not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many people are wanting to go back to work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in close encounters with kids. She is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting one interview after another and so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she may end up with multiple offers now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remind her to tell the folks that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preschools when they get someone like her
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their staff so many students gravited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward her because \Nshe has this visible signs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her disability, her wheelchair and if
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can educate the youngs,\Nthe preschoolers and show them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of all abilities can be teachers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and parents and ongoing learners, you know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tend to even those kids with behavior
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems com to her. They see as this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beacon of hope, I think, that is a real
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cue for employers who ever gets my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daughter as a teacher is going to be lucky.