Interview with Bob Kafka conducted by Sarah Rose & Trevor Engel August 15, 2017

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Interview with Bob Kafka conducted by Sarah Rose & Trevor Engel August 15, 2017

Interview Topics:

Reasons behind his move to Texas.
Moving to Arizona after graduation.
Acquiring his disability.
Process of Rehabilitation.
Transition and experience at the VA.
Going back to Houston and law school.
From crutches to a wheelchair.
Involvement with Adapted Sports.
Connie Wallace involvement.
Student organizations immersion with Handicap Student services.
Relationships between attendees and attendants.
The ideas for the student services came from.
Difficulties within the early start of the disability rights movement.
Networking outside the university.
The coalition for independent living.
Rising problems with HCIL and the Center on Deafness.
Other organizations around Texas.
Engagement with Texas Paralyzed Veterans.
TPVA reaction to Adapt’s protest in Detroit.
Appealing to the PVA’s passed resolution.
Beginnings of ADAPT.
Kafka’s early involvement with ADAPT.
Participation in VISTA.
ADAPT’s first protests.
Problems in ADAPT.
Background on the CTD.
Different disability groups and their separate entities.
Money disbursement.
Historical background on the CBFL.
Diverse array of disabilities present in the CBFL.
Principles of the PVA.
Development, Efforts, and results of the coalitions and other disability organizations.
Issues being addressed by the CBFL.
Transportation issues addressed.
Meaning of ADAPT and CTD involvement.
Community experience at Bronx’s VA.
Transition from crutches to wheelchair.
Personal experience with able bodied community and their lack of education.
Identity development.
Beliefs of ADAPT.
Types of students that received services at U of H.
Drop rates among Warm Springs affiliates.
Sport involvement.
Beginnings of SWAA.
Meeting Jim Hayes and points of departure.
Camp experience.
Family’s influence on his degree.
Family Background.
Change of mind on assisted living.
Service in the military.

Audio File:

Interviewee:

Kafka, Bob (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy

Keywords:

Advocacy

Persons:

Kafka, Bob, Thomas, Stephanie

Interview Date:

2017-08-15

Interview Location:

Austin (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Rose, Sarah

Length:

02:02:21

Transcription Date:

2019-08-29

Transcription Note:

Transcription drafted but not yet available

Identifier:

20085446

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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License:

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