Interview with Doug Kuykendall conducted by Adrian Shapiro, March 21, 2018 | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Doug Kuykendall conducted by Adrian Shapiro, March 21, 2018

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Interview with Doug Kuykendall conducted by Adrian Shapiro, March 21, 2018

Interview Topics:

Biographical background
Being hired at UTA and initial state of intramurals
Disability history and awareness at UTA, and within Campus Recreation specifically
Jim Hayes’s position and development of adaptive sport
Officiating wheelchair basketball games
Growth of Freewheelers/Movin’ Mavs
Jim Hayes’s work
Designing the MAC
Current adaptive sports
Doug Garner’s work to create women’s wheelchair basketball team
The funeral service for Jim Hayes
Creation of the Bed Races and Oozeball traditions
Kuykendall’s accomplishments and impact on adaptive sports during his tenure
Current state of UTA

Audio File:

Interviewee:

Kuykendall, Doug (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy, Sports and Entertainment, Private Life, Physical Disability, Educational Institutions

Keywords:

Wheelchair basketball, Adapted sports, Sports for people with disabilities, Athletes, Disability culture, Education

Persons:

Kuykendall, Doug, Hayes, Jim, Garner, Doug

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington, Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington), Freewheelers (University of Texas at Arlington)

Interview Date:

2018-03-21

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Adrian

Length:

00:50:47

Identifier:

20084897

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)