Interview with Dr. Darlene Hunter

Interview Topics:

• Hunter’s childhood and introduction to adapted sports
• Experiences with mainstreaming and attitudes about disability
• Positive effects of adapted sports on children’s lives
• College experience at the University of Arizona
• Experiences at UT Arlington and with Jim Hayes
• Training for the national women’s wheelchair basketball team
• Ph.D. at Texas Woman’s University and training for Paralympics
• Attitudes about Paralympics and adapted sports in the U.S. and abroad
• Leadership roles on the women’s national wheelchair basketball team
• Coaching and mentoring in adapted sports
• Leadership roles in NWBA Women’s Division and Texas Regional Paralympic Sports
• Professional career
• Dissertation research on adapted sports and equal opportunities

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Transcription:

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Interviewee:

Hunter, Darlene (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Social Welfare and Communities, Sports and Entertainment

Keywords:

Schools, Sports for people with disabilities, Mainstreaming, Disability studies, Wheelchair basketball, Paraplegic, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Insurance, Interview, Interviews, Oral history, Oral histories, Transcript, Transcripts

Persons:

Hunter, Darlene

Places:

Arlington (Tex.)

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Woman's University, Paralympic Games

Interview Date:

2016-03-15

Interview Location:

Arlington (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Cross, Nathan

Length:

0:59:15

Transcriptionist:

Cross, Nathan

Transcription Date:

2016-06-20

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007345

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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Rights Holder:

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License:

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