Interview with Michele Erwin conducted by Carla Aguilar, April 16, 2018 | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Michele Erwin conducted by Carla Aguilar, April 16, 2018

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Interview with Michele Erwin conducted by Carla Aguilar, April 16, 2018

Interview Topics:

Brief biography
Entrance into the disability rights movement
Wheelchair research
All Wheels Up
Moving to Texas
All Wheels Up’s roles
Working with other organizations
Presenting at the U.S. Access Board
Working with airlines
Foreign help
Running and funding All Wheels Up
Humanitarian efforts

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Interviewee:

Erwin, Michele (biography)

Topic:

Assistive Technology, Accessibility, Laws and Regulation, Advocacy, Physical Disability

Keywords:

Airlines, Airplanes, Disability rights, Spinal muscular atrophy, Wheelchairs, Nonprofit organizations, Research

Persons:

Erwin, Michele, De'Andrea, Tara

Organizations:

All Wheels Up, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Q'STRAINT, United States Access Board, Muscular Dystrophy Association

Interview Date:

2018-04-16

Interview Location:

Arlington (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Aguilar, Carla

Length:

01:01:31

Identifier:

20084878

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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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)