Interview with Kristi Avalos | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Kristi Avalos

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Interview with Kristi Avalos

Interview Topics:

Working in a Convalescent Home
Working at American Airlines
Helping to create the ACAA
Starting Accessology
ABLE Office (a program meant to help people with disabilities in an office environment) and Georgia Tech
First Client with Baylor Hospitals
Licensing with Texas/RAS (Registered Accessibility Specialist)
Helping Title 2 Entities
State and Federal Compliances
Training staff and future Designers
Writing disability legislation for Peru
National and international attitudes about disability
Visiting India
Visiting a leper colony

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Interviewee:

Avalos, Kristi (biography)

Topic:

Service Organizations, Accessibility, Laws and Regulation

Keywords:

Accessibility, Air Carrier Access Act of 1986, Registered Accessibility Specialist, Leprosy, Legislation, Transcript, Transcripts, Oral history, Oral histories, Interview, Interviews

Persons:

Avalos, Kristi

Places:

McKinney, (Tex.)

Interview Date:

2016-04-26

Interview Location:

McKinney, (Tex.)

Length:

00:54:00

Transcription Date:

2016-07-27

Transcription Note:

Draft transcription included. Completed transcription will be added by August 30, 2016.

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007322

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)