Interview with J. Robert Hester, Jr.

Interview Topics:

• Access at Arlington High School in the 1950s
• Diagnosis with Cerebral Palsy
• Fighting for access to schooling in the 1950s
• Access at UT Arlington
• Interest in law
• Attitudes toward people with disabilities in the 1960s and 1970s
• Discrimination and accommodations in the workplace in the 1960s and 1970s
• Law career
• Getting involved with United Cerebral Palsy and mentoring
• Helping Restore Ability and John Dycus
• Involvement in the Protection & Advocacy system, Disability Rights Inc., and the Arlington Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities
• Jim Hayes, the Movin’ Mavs, and Sam Provence’s disability rights work
• Ensuring access to handicapped parking
• Frame v. Arlington case
• Handitran
• Access and accommodations in the Boy Scouts

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Transcription:

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Interviewee:

Hester, J. Robert (Jr.) (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Laws and Regulation, Advocacy

Keywords:

Accessibility, Advocacy, Law, Cerebral palsy, Handitran (Arlington, Tex.), Frame v. Arlington, Interview, Interviews, Oral history, Oral histories, Transcript, Transcripts

Persons:

Hester, J. Robert (Jr.), Curry, Tim

Places:

Arlington (Tex.)

Organizations:

Arlington (Tex.). Mayor's Committee on People with Disabilities, Boy Scouts of America, Helping Restore Ability, University of Texas at Arlington, Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington)

Interview Date:

2014-03-08

Interview Location:

Arlington (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Tarrant, Zachary

Length:

1:03:33

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007344

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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Rights Holder:

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License:

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