Interview with Bob Kafka and Stephanie Thomas conducted by Sarah Rose & Trevor Engel June 15, 2018

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Interview with Bob Kafka and Stephanie Thomas conducted by Sarah Rose & Trevor Engel June 15, 2018

Interview Topics:

Arrests
The Helping Hand Program
Kent Waldrep and cure-focus vs. care-focus disability activism
St. Louis: Police training methods and being accused of planting a bomb
Protests in St. Louis mall and hotel and purpose of protests in general
Unique problems of arresting and holding people with disabilities in prison
Protests and imprisonment in Reno and Sparks
Current disability rights organizations led by former ADAPT members
Court cases over 504 regulations, Tim Cook, and ADAPT legal strategies
Atlanta protest and George H. W. Bush’s involvement
Protest to get RSA commissioner Justin Dart an accessible bathroom
Relationship between ADA and APTA
How local grassroots efforts led to federal change
San Antonio transportation issues and conference protests
Jay Rochlin removed from office for being able-bodied
Bus protests
Impact of Ralph Rouse and Steve Bartlett on ADAPT’s efforts
State services, definitions of disability, and the variety of disabilities represented in ADAPT
Independent living centers in Texas
Able-bodied people’s relationship with disability community and crippled pride
Ineffectiveness of Texas self-advocates
Gouverneur Morris and the preamble of the Constitution
Early Greyhound bus protests
Disability activists in Dallas
Disputes between HRA and the Texas CILs
Tom Morrison

Audio File:

Interviewee:

Kafka, Bob (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy

Keywords:

Advocacy

Persons:

Kafka, Bob, Thomas, Stephanie

Interview Date:

2018-06-15

Interview Location:

Austin (Tex.)

Length:

00:58:18

Transcription Date:

2019-08-29

Transcription Note:

Transcription drafted but not yet available

Identifier:

20085443

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)