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Research Topics
Some suggested themes and research topics to explore in the study of the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement, with links to primary sources in the collection, include:
- Conceptualizing a Political Movement, 1962-1972
- Formative Years of Independent Living Programs and Philosophy, 1960s-1970s
- The Development of Disability Rights Law and Policy
- Race and Gender Issues
- Cross-Disability Alliances and Perspectives
- Parents of Children with Disabilities: Activism and Advocacy
- Equal Access: Technology, Transportation, and Architectural Access; Personal Assistance Services
- The International Movement
- Deinstitutionalization
- Disability Culture and Theory, Arts and Media
Conceptualizing a Political Movement, 1962-1972
Disabled Students' Program, University of California, Berkeley
Anna Fay
Fred Fay
Patricio Figueroa
Lex Frieden
Judith Heumann
Neil Jacobson
Bobbi Linn
Denise McQuade
Edward V. Roberts
Zona Roberts
John "Jack" Rowan
Marilyn Saviola
Herbert Willsmore
Formative Years of Independent Living Programs and Philosophy, 1960s-1970s
Boston Center for Independent Living
Joel Bryan
Center for Independent Living, Berkeley
Cowell Residence Program, University of California, Berkeley
Disabled Students' Program, University of California, Berkeley
The Development of Disability Rights Law and Policy
Mary Lou Breslin
Marca Bristo
William Bronston
Robert Burgdorf
Diane Coleman
Kitty Cone
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley office
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Washington DC office
James Donald
Gunnar Dybwad
Fred Fay
Lex Frieden
Judith Heumann
Deborah Kaplan
Joan Leon
Diane Lipton
Douglas Martin
Arlene Mayerson
Denise McQuade
Hale Zukas
Race and Gender Issues
Billy Barner
Patricio Figueroa
Donald Galloway
Carol Gill
Johnnie Lacy
Margaret (Kocher) Magnan
Corbett O'Toole
Harilyn Rousso
Susan Sygall
Raymond Uzeta
Cross-Disability Alliances and Perspectives
Anita (Aaron) Baldwin
Mary Lou Breslin
Janet McEwen Brown
Gunnar Dybwad
Anna Fay
Fred Fay
Maureen Fitzgerald
Lex Frieden
Donald Galloway
Judith Heumann
Joanne Jauregui
Lee Kitchens
David Konkel
Margaret (Kocher) Magnan
Pat Pound
Brenda Premo
Kevin Tracy
Parents of Children with Disabilities: Activism and Advocacy
Jacquelyn Brand
Gunnar Dybwad
Megan Kirshbaum
Diane Lipton
Corbett O'Toole
Zona Roberts
Doreen Pam Steneberg
Equal Access: Technology, Transportation, and Architectural Access; Personal Assistance Services
Larry Allison
Jacquelyn Brand
Dennis Cannon
Center for Accessible Technology
Diane Coleman
Frederick Collignon
Eric Dibner
Gunnar Dybwad
Fred Fay
Neil Jacobson
Deborah Kaplan
Yoshihiko Kawauchi
Raymond Lifchez
Scott Luebking
Denise McQuade
World Institute on Disability (WID)
Hale Zukas
The International Movement
Mary Lou Breslin
Marca Bristo
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley office
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Washington DC office
James Donald
Lex Frieden
Judith Heumann
Yoshihiko Kawauchi
Susan Sygall
World Institute on Disability (WID)
Deinstitutionalization
William Bronston
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley office
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Washington DC office
Gunnar Dybwad
Fred Fay
Richard Gould
Deborah Kaplan
Arlene Mayerson
Kevin Tracy
Disability Culture and Theory, Arts and Media
Carol Gill
Cynthia Jones
Victoria Ann Lewis
Kirk MacGugan
Lynn Manning [Artists with Disabilities project]
Neil Marcus [Artists with Disabilities project]
Mark O'Brien
Bill Shannon [Artists with Disabilities project]
Judith Smith [Artists with Disabilities project]
William Stothers
Cheryl Marie Wade
Greg Walloch [Artists with Disabilities project]