'ItsOurStoryProject' - Sue Swenson recounts her experiences - Answers from America's Disability Activists

Uploaded by ItsOurStoryProject on Apr 29, 2010

Sue Swenson of Washington, D.C., recounts her experiences in the Independent Living Movement. Sue's career in disability advocacy began when her son Charlie was diagnosed with a disability 25 years ago. Since then, Swenson has served as a Kennedy Fellow in the US Senate, US commissioner for developmental disabilities, executive director of the Kennedy Foundation, and CEO of The Arc US. She currently works with the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities.

This is #11 out of more than 1,000 interviews that Its 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 Adriana Oropeza.

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