Interview with Michael Love

Interview Topics:

• Texas Accessibility Standards
• Architectural accessibility in Texas versus other states
• Development of Atelier Design Associates
• Evolving attitudes towards accessibility in architecture
• Disability advocacy in architecture
• Opposition to accessibility in architecture
• Key figures in improving architectural accessibility
• How the disabilities of others rather than Love's own disability impacted his work as an accessibility specialist
• Key figures in local disability rights activism

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Transcription:

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Interviewee:

Love, Michael (biography)

Topic:

Physical Disability, Medicine and Science, Laws and Regulation, Public Health and Welfare

Keywords:

Accessibility, Advocacy, Architectural Barriers Texas Accessibility Standards, Architectural barriers, Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Accessibility Requirements for Multifamily Housing and for Federally Assisted Housing, Disability rights, Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, Government agencies, Local government, Registered Accessibility Specialist, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards, Fair Housing Act of 1968

Persons:

Love, Michael, Massey, Sharon, Mazz, Marsha, DeYoung, Jim, Niedermayer, Vicki, Dycus, John, Mack, Donna, Pierce, Phillip

Organizations:

Helping Restore Ability, Atelier Design Associates (Firm), Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, Accessibility Professionals Association, University of Texas at Arlington

Interview Date:

2016-03-16

Interview Location:

Arlington (Tex.)

Interviewer:

Eudlay, Daniel

Length:

00:40:20

Transcription Date:

2016-07-20

Collection:

Texas Disability History Project Oral Histories

Identifier:

20007354

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

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Rights Holder:

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License:

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