Ric Edwards - Breaking Down Barriers
"It is something that is going to change minds as well as break down the barriers," states Ric Edwards on the impact of the ADA. He goes on to explain, “The most significant change has to be the mindset that has been changed because that has much more of an impact than any kind of brick and mortar…
Title
Ric Edwards - Breaking Down Barriers
Subject
Disability Rights Movement
Legislation
Description
"It is something that is going to change minds as well as break down the barriers," states Ric Edwards on the impact of the ADA. He goes on to explain, “The most significant change has to be the mindset that has been changed because that has much more of an impact than any kind of brick and mortar changes, or programmatic changes, because that's where the whole problem starts is in the minds of people.” Ric recalls Indiana advocates who helped lay the groundwork to overcome barriers, but he knows there is more work to do. Ric states, “We’re not at all saying that we’re in a utopia because we have the ADA. We have a lot people that need to become more educated about what this is all about.” Ric was interviewed at the 2009 Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities Conference.
Creator
Indiana Disability History Project
Publisher
Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities
Contributor
Ric Edwards - interviewee
Jennie Todd - interviewer
Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor
Rights
Copyright © 2018 The Trustees of Indiana University
Format
video/mp4
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
118-mi-02
Access Rights
Open to all users
Is Part Of
118-mi
Bibliographic Citation
"Ric Edwards - Breaking Down Barriers" YouTube video, 00:08:12, interview excerpt 118-mi-02 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on September 12, 2018, https://youtu.be/ayrMYUhQhD8
Spatial Coverage
Indiana
Temporal Coverage
1980s - 2009
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