Interview with Paula Margeson conducted by Morgan Russell, March 29, 2018 | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Paula Margeson conducted by Morgan Russell, March 29, 2018

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Interview with Paula Margeson conducted by Morgan Russell, March 29, 2018

Interview Topics:

Early life and education
Entry into advocacy
Housing and shelter in Southern California
Return to Texas, renewed advocacy, and REACH
Working with ADAPT
Growth, development, and continued advocacy in Texas
Texas politics
Sovereign immunity and Greg Abbott
Equality vs. Equity
Modern Challenges
The Intersectionality of DACA and Disability Advocacy
Journey towards activism
Education and the challenges of mainstreaming
Eugenics
Parenting with a visual impairment

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Interviewee:

Margeson, Paula (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy, Service Organizations, Laws and Regulation, Sensory Disability, Educational Institutions

Keywords:

Activists, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Autism, Blind, Braille, Deaf culture, Disability culture, Disability rights, Eugenics, Housing, Parenting, Teaching, Mainstreaming

Persons:

Margeson, Paula, Kafka, Bob

Organizations:

Dayle McIntosh Center, ADAPT, REACH Center for Independent Living (North Texas), Texas School for the Blind

Interview Date:

2018-03-29

Interviewer:

Russell, Morgan

Length:

01:22:09

Identifier:

20084874

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

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