Interview with Wendell Nedderman

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Interview with Wendell Nedderman

Interview Topics:

How Jim Hayes convinced the UT Arlington administration to improve accessibility
Why UT Arlington received Governor Dolph Briscoe Jr.’s Award for Outstanding State Agency
Personal impact of watching Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball
Impact of UT Arlington’s pioneering accessibility work on the UT system and Texas more broadly
Jim Hayes’s 1986 Push from Austin to Arlington to raise funds for the Arlington Handicapped Association
Lowering of Cooper Street on campus to improve safety and accessibility
Other people involved in improving accessibility at UT Arlington
Interactions between Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball players, other athletes, and other students
John Dycus’s disability activism on campus

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Interviewee:

Nedderman, Wendell (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Educational Institutions, Advocacy

Keywords:

Wheelchair basketball, Accessibility, Interview, Interviews, Oral history, Oral histories, Transcript, Transcripts

Persons:

Nedderman, Wendell, Nedderman, Kristi, Hayes, Jim, Briscoe, Dolph, Dycus, John, Duke, Wayne, Wetzel, Dudley, Baker, J.C. (Mrs.), Saxon, Gerald, Nedderman, Fern Gray, Nedderman, Walter, Vezzy, Betty, Baker, Bill, LeGrande, Snake

Places:

Fair (Department store), Colleyville (Tex.), Arlington (Tex.), Maverick Stadium (Arlington, Tex.), College Station (Tex.)

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington, Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington), Arlington Handicapped Association (Tex.), Texas A & M University, Texas Woman's University, United States. Navy

Interview Date:

2014-09-15

Interview Location:

Frisco (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Kristi Nedderman

Length:

0:39:50

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007355

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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License:

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