Eleanor Smith: Part 01 of 08: "Visitability of Houses"
Published on May 14, 2012 by ItsOurStoryProject
Eleanor Smith of Atlanta, GA, talks about growing up with a disability and learning to hold society to higher standards of accessibility and inclusiveness.
Eleanor Smith was a member of ADAPT and protested for accessible transportation; in 1987, she co-founded Concrete Change, an organization dedicated to accessibility in newly constructed houses.
This is #18 out of more than 1,000 interviews that "It's Our Story" has collected in an effort to free the voices of the disability community. Visit us at www.itsourstory.org
This interview transcribed by Jean Thompson.
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1 comment:
Thanks for posting; did not know they started up Its Our Project again. Keep up the Blog, it has grown & improved in the last year -
Will be in Chicago in Sept., will get in-touch, need some of the good Chicago Pizza.
Mack in FLA.
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