Interview with Gene Rodgers conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, July 17, 2017 | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Gene Rodgers conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, July 17, 2017

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Interview with Gene Rodgers conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, July 17, 2017

Interview Topics:

Background information.
Acquiring his disability and the process of rehabilitation
Impact of doctor’s decision towards the electric chair
Disability experience at Kent State.
Accessibility in the late 60s and late 70s
Disability and personal identity transition & shaping
Reactions of society towards wheelchair users traveling.
Disability and access in Latin America
Capital Crawl
Experience of being arrested and going to jail
Working at Cal State Northridge
Adventure to Mt. Everest
Participation at NASA
Shell Trap and ADAPT

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Interviewee:

Rodgers, Gene (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy, Service Organizations, Laws and Regulation, Accessibility, Physical Disability

Keywords:

Spinal Cord Injury, Quadriplegic, Wheelchairs, Accommodations, Accessibility, Travel, Transportation, Paralysis, Protests, Employment

Persons:

Rodgers, Gene

Places:

Nepal

Organizations:

ADAPT

Interview Date:

2017-07-17

Interviewer:

Rose, Sarah

Length:

01:16:38

Identifier:

20084893

Publisher:

UT Arlington Libraries

Rights:

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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)