Interview with Kent Gardner conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, January 13, 2016 | Texas Disability History Collection

Interview with Kent Gardner conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, January 13, 2016

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Interview with Kent Gardner conducted by Sarah Rose and Trevor Engel, January 13, 2016

Interview Topics:

Background
UTA atmosphere and job history
Funding for accessibility issues on campus
Handicapped administrators day and campus awareness of disability
Cooper Street and Regents meeting
Contact from other schools about accessibility
Defining diversity and the role of students
How UTA started accessibility
Resistance from the community and solutions
UTA’s impact on disability and accessibility
Athletic scholarships for disabled students
Harrison and Nedderman administrations
White House visit
Experience with people with disabilities at school
Traveling with wheelchair basketball

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Interviewee:

Gardner, Kent (biography)

Topic:

Advocacy, Accessibility, Educational Institutions, Sports and Entertainment, Ideologies

Keywords:

Accessibility, Accommodations, Deaf, Education, Students, Wheelchair basketball, Adapted sports, Scholarships, Blind, Seeing eye dog

Persons:

Gardner, Kent, Harrison, Frank, Nedderman, Wendell, Dycus, John

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington, Handicapped Students Association, Movin' Mavs (University of Texas at Arlington)

Interview Date:

2016-01-13

Interviewer:

Rose, Sarah

Length:

01:57:55

Identifier:

20084978

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)