Indiana Disability History

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

Relation

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

118-mi-02

Access Rights

Open to all users

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