Interview with Jason Nelms

Interview Topics:

• Biographical information
• Attitudes towards disability in public school
• Introduction to adapted sports
• Accessibility and attitudes towards disability at UTA
• Disability community in the DFW Metroplex
• Experiences in wheelchair basketball
• Accessibility in K-12 school in Michigan
• Nelms’ coaching and advocacy for the Lady Movin’ Mavs

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Transcription:

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Interviewee:

Nelms, Jason (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Educational Institutions, Advocacy

Keywords:

Accessibility, Adapted sports, Disability culture, Wheelchair basketball, Basketball for women, Advocacy, Interview, Interviews, Oral history, Oral histories, Transcript, Transcripts

Persons:

Nelms, Jason

Places:

Arlington (Tex.)

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington, Lady Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington)

Interview Location:

Arlington (Tex.)

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007357

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)