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Interview Topics:
- Events that led to the family’s move to Austin.
- Acquiring his disability and passion for gymnastics.
- Rehabilitation process at St. David’s
- Bearden’s gratitude towards Mike Haynes.
- Beginning of college education.
- Applying to Concordia University.
- Fighting for a manual wheelchair.
- Support and relationship with close friends.
- Meeting Frances Key and their friendship.
- Bearden and Key’s mischievousness.
- Bearden’s mother advocates for campus accessibility.
- Journey to Texas A & M.
- Learning to drive, choosing the correct car model, and striving for independence.
- Ordeal behind customizing and adapting a vehicle in the 90s.
- Learning how to transfer in and out of car.
- Adjusting to change; everywhere.
- Not knowing how to ask for accommodations and lack of resources for students with disabilities.
- Journey to self-discovery.
- Working, learning to advocate, and raising awareness.
- Lack of awareness among teachers and personal experience.
- St. David’s shift and journey to the Coalition of Texans with disabilities.
- Playing adapted sports.
- Who is James Gumbert and getting involved with wheelchair rugby.
- What wheelchair rugby taught him.
- Working with Physical Therapy students at St. David’s.
- Breaking the rules for a continuous education.
- Facing unemployment difficulties.
- Physical activities after leaving wheelchair rugby.
- Beginnings for CTD and the recession in 2008.
- State of Texas gets sued.
- What happened after the lawsuit.
- Experience at CTD.
- Appointed to the Texas Board of Architects.
Transcription:
Interviewee:
Bearden, Chase (biography)
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Interview Date:
2017-07-19
Interview Location:
Austin (Tex.)
Interviewer:
Rose, Sarah
Length:
01:18:40
Transcription Date:
2019-08-29
Identifier:
20085451
Publisher:
UT Arlington Libraries
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