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- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, held on the South Lawn of the White House. Obama thanks a number of persons who played key roles in passing the legislation. He also praises disabled persons who, when faced with being excluded, fought, protested and advocated for inclusion and the bill's passage. Obama says that the act upholds the American principles of equal access, equal opportunity and independence.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Walter Mondale campaigning for Vice Presidency at Michigan State University Union Ballroom. Mondale begins with reference to handicappers and the excessive sufferings we put them through by architectural and legal ignorance.
- Date Issued:
- 1976-09-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your city," Dr. Willis Dunbar features the Salvation Army of Kalamazoo and he and his guests discuss a number of the organization's ongoing projects. Joanna Standish, the WKZO women's editor, describes a club designed to give senior citizens a place to meet, Salvation Army Captain Gordon Fobister discusses the renovation of a building in downtown Kalamazoo designed to provide a home for elderly men and Mrs. Homer Hager describes a Salvation Army workshop and vocational school for disabled people.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Traditional approaches to rehabilitation of disabled people have emphasised segregated institutional care, and have largely neglected the need both to integrate people with disabilities into their wider community, and for community attitudes themselves to be rehabilitated or changed to facilitate this integration. This paper reviews institutional and community based strategies for rehabilitation, arguing the case for a community orientation but recognising some of the difficulties of implementing this effectively in developing countries.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Zena Weber, of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, in Ann Arbor, on behalf of the National Committee, Arts for the Handicapped, presents a painting by Tom Cannon and a puppet by Scott Snider to Sen. Riegle
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- Donald W. Riegle Papers
- Description:
- Jim Dehlin and Congressman Riegle on Capitol steps
- Date Issued:
- 1971-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- Donald W. Riegle Papers
- Notes:
- Group of people, including disabled veterans in wheelchairs, at a dedication ceremony for a fountain at the Michigan Veteran's Home.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four men with a woman in a wheelchair at an Orthopedic convention at the Pantlind Hotel.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Bernice Clifton and her seeing-eye dog, Karla. Clifton was a motivational speaker who talked about her blindness. She served in the Red Cross during World War II and spoke to the injured soldiers about life with a disability. She and Karla were the subjects of the book "Sight Unseen" and she was also the author of "None So Blind".
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man in a wheelchair with a woman beside him at the Shriners' Circus, also shown is a monkey and elephants.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)