Handicapped seek funds - article from the February 2, 1973 issue of The Shorthorn

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Handicapped seek funds - article from the February 2, 1973 issue of The Shorthorn

Description:

The article covers the lobbying action to be undertaken by Jim Hayes in Austin, Texas. The article reviews the passage of an unfunded mandate law, Act 678G, passed by the Texas legislature requiring modifications to all architectural barriers to those with handicapped by 1980. Same Provence, president of the Handicapped Students Association at UTA indicates he's pleased with the progress made so far, especially with so little local money to invest.

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Topic:

Advocacy, Educational Institutions

Keywords:

Access

Accessibility

Architectural barriers

Advocacy

Higher education

Persons:

Hayes, Jim

Provence, Sam L.

Places:

Arlington (Tex.)

Organizations:

University of Texas at Arlington

Date Created:

1973-02-02

Creator:

Perkins, Claudia (Author)

Document Type:

Newspaper Article

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

University of Texas at Arlington (Nedderman Administration). Office of the President Records

Identifier:

20083599

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

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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)