On this episode of You First, we talk with the fantastic disability rights activist Anita Cameron. Anita was, and still is, a core reason why we have disability rights today. They were an early adopter of disability rights and justice advocacy and heavily involved and a leader of the organization ADAPT (known throughout the years as American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit or American Disabled for Attendant Programs), the Atlantis community, amongst many other pivotal leadership roles. Anita joins us today to share the history of the disability rights movement and their own stories, experiences, and wisdom as someone involved in disability activism for decades. Anita will tell us about their work in this field, different protests, and the disabled disobedience that got us the crucial laws and protections we have today. We had the pleasure of speaking with Anita for over 2 hours and decided to split this into two episodes.
Lastly, we are up for a podcast award! Please vote for 'You First: The Disability Rights Florida Podcast' under the 'Society and Culture' category on the People's Choice website.
Relevant Links
- Anita Cameron website: https://bit.ly/3WfDA0Z
- Anita Cameron’s Twitter: https://x.com/adaptanita
- Dennis Schreiber: https://bit.ly/4cSBERv
- Disabled Americans Rally for Equality (DARE): https://bit.ly/3WeYaPb
- ADAPT – American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit or American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today: https://bit.ly/3Wghrj5
- Lighthouse for the Blind: https://bit.ly/4cCycLe
- Wade Blank – founder of ADAPT: https://bit.ly/3W0DIjx
- Atlantis Community: https://bit.ly/3WhHmac and https://bit.ly/3zytwat
- When You Remember Me movie: https://bit.ly/4czY4Hs
- We will ride! – The Gang of 19: https://bit.ly/4cz9b3D
- We Were There, Too: Blacks in the Disability Movement (coming soon – for info, follow Anita’s website or social media)
- Free Our People Micassa: https://bit.ly/3VWM4ca
- Gwen Jackson – ADAPT: https://bit.ly/4cx7mUP
- ADAPT history: https://bit.ly/3WhHmqI
- Healthcare Policy and Finance and Colorado ADAPT relationship: https://bit.ly/4czFfV2
- Find your local ADAPT group: https://bit.ly/3wT7NbW
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