Interview with Danny Fik conducted by Teresa Pritchett, March 17, 2016

Interview Topics:

• Basic biography: disability and involvement in adapted sports
• Accessibility at home and on campus
• Jim Hayes’ mentorship and influence
• Evolving wheelchair technology
• Community among wheelchair athletes
• Disability-related personal care
• Accessibility during K-12 schooling
• Transition from walking to using a wheelchair and entrance into adapted sports
• Jim Hayes’ work and philosophy about disability rights
• Adapted sports at the collegiate level

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Interviewee:

Fik, Danny (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Sports and Entertainment

Keywords:

Adapted sports, Accessibility, Sports for people with disabilities, Wheelchair, Accommodations, Spina bifida, Disability rights, Disability culture, Schools, Interview, Interviews, Oral history, Oral histories, Transcript, Transcripts

Persons:

Fik, Danny, Hayes, Jim

Places:

Grand Prairie (Tex.)

Organizations:

Per4Max Medical, Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington), United States Tennis Association, Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks

Interview Date:

2016-03-17

Interview Location:

Grand Prairie (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Pritchett, Teresa

Length:

00:21:00

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007335

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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Rights Holder:

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License:

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