Documents Tagged ‘disability’
Beyond School Walls
Archive Entry Date: 03/10/80
Blind Berkeley teen knows how to navigate independently around town, but moving schools threatens his years of mobility training.
Midnight Contractors
Archive Entry Date: 1972
The impetus to build their own curb cuts sparked during a weekly poker game
Portrait of Mary Ann Hiserman
Archive Entry Date: 1980
In her private space, Mary Ann exercises autonomy as a form of liberation
Shrouded UC Role in Deaf-Blind Removal
Archive Entry Date: 11/30/79
The second part of an exposé of UC Berkeley's scheme to take over the land
UC Designs on Deaf-Blind Site Span 57 Years
Archive Entry Date: 11/29/1979
Part one of a two-part exposé of UC Berkeley's scheme to acquire the land
Mistake Behind Move of Deaf and Blind Schools
Archive Entry Date: 11/07/79
A month-long investigation revealed that the rationale for dispossessing the Schools was based on hearsay, not fact
Photograph of Mary Ann Hiserman
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
Mary Anne arrived to Berkeley with a dream, in the end she soared
Declaring Independence in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: August 1979
A synthetic account of Berkeley's disability rights revolution, with the CIL at its center
Frisbee Play Pt. I
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
An unidentified student caught in a playful moment on Berkeley's green
Man Perusing Newspaper
Archive Entry Date: c. 1978
A man reads a local Berkeley newspaper on a sun-filled morning
Michael Williams
Archive Entry Date: 1978
A local Berkeley disability rights activist captured in moment of glee
Group Portrait
Archive Entry Date: March 1978
A family radiates positive energy while posing for a snapshot
Man with Camera
Archive Entry Date: March 1978
A collection of photos depicting behind-the-scenes looks at the everyday lives of people with disabilities thriving in Berkeley
University of California Policy-Nondiscrimination
Archive Entry Date: 7/12/1977
The University of Berkeley cannot discriminate
Campus Grounds Accessibility Audit
Archive Entry Date: September 1976
The 1000-page report was the first campus environmental survey of its kind
First Report to the U.S. Congress
Archive Entry Date: November 1974
The newly created federal Access Board acknowledged the model of the CIL in its first report
People of Berkeley: A Policy Revised
Archive Entry Date: August 1974
Planning commission changes its tune, recognizes need for a specific disability program with action-oriented goals
The People of Berkeley: A Policy
Archive Entry Date: November 1973
Berkeley Planning Commission: "Because the physically handicapped have little political power..."
Wheelchair Ramps 1973 Location Map
Archive Entry Date: Summer 1972
A plan, devised by Ruth Grimes and others, to make South Berkeley and downtown accessible
Hale’s Design for a Curb Ramp
Archive Entry Date: 10/1/71
For Hale Zukas, building ramps out of plywood and duct tape was just the beginning
Corner of Dwight and Dana
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
A historic intersection remembered as the site of experimental ramping by two access revolutionaries
Oral history of Eric Dibner
Archive Entry Date: 1968-1970
A disability rights activist on the guerrilla actions taken, and not taken, to make curb cuts in Berkeley
25,000…But Just One Like Ed
Archive Entry Date: Fall 1962
In a watershed moment, Ed Roberts became the first student with a severe disability to attend Berkeley
Confidential Special Committee Memo on Acquisition of Schools for Blind and Deaf
Archive Entry Date: 12/04/57
UC wanted to acquire the site but knew it would be tricky, legally and in PR terms