Indiana Disability History

Title

Mike Furnish - The Early Days of Special Olympics Indiana

Subject

Athletics

Special Olympics Indiana

Description

Mike Furnish, President/CEO of Special Olympics Indiana, was interviewed in 2013. Here he shares a brief history of the creation of the not-for-profit organization that provides sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Date

2017-05-19

Contributor

Mike Furnish - Interviewee

Jane Harlan-Simmons - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer/editor

Rights

Relation

021-mi

021-do

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

021-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

021-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Mike Furnish - The Early Days of Special Olympics Indiana" YouTube video, 00:05:05, interview excerpt 021-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on May 19, 2017, https://youtu.be/wOmaeivDJl0

Spatial Coverage

Indiana

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

Temporal Coverage

1963 - 2013