Director of the UC Berkeley Disabled Students' Program, 1988-1992; coordinator of the Residence Program, 1975-1988, and community historian

Name: Director of the UC Berkeley Disabled Students' Program, 1988-1992; coordinator of the Residence Program, 1975-1988, and community historian
Author: Susan O'Hara

by Susan O'Hara

Cover of Director of the UC Berkeley Disabled Students' Program, 1988-1992; coordinator of the Residence Program, 1975-1988, and community historian

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Childhood and education in Illinois; contracting polio, 1955; family support and adjustments; high school teaching, Ilinois and California; observations as a participant in the Cowell Hospital Residence Program, summer 1971; coordinator of Disabled Students' Residence Program, 1975-1988: transition from hospital setting to university residence halls; director of the Disabled Students' Program at Berkeley, 1988-1992: facilitating independent living for students and orientation for families; politics of disability movement; relationship with California Department of Rehabilitation; removal of architectural barriers on University of California, Berkeley campus; organizing disability conferences; travel in Japan and Europe; contributions of Ed Roberts, Zona Roberts, John Hessler, and others to the disability rights movement.

BuildingsBerkeley University of CaliforniaWomen with disabilitiesUniversity of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students ProgramInterviewsAccess for the physically handicappedBarrier-free designPatientsPeople with disabilitiesSocial conditionsEducation (Higher)Poliomyelitis