Adolf Ratzka in 1970as a student at University of California, Los Angeles interviewed by filmmaker Werner Herzog
In this video excerpt, Ed Roberts discusses the history and future of the independent living movement in the U.S. The video is produced by the Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas.
A self-proclaimed cripple, Ed was a catalyst and cosmic thinker. He built a life for himself as a person with polio, then laid the foundation for millions of other people with disabilities to build similar lives. Ed said, "Everybody has a future." He meant it, lived it and helped others achieve it.
This video incorporates a 1981 speech that Ed Roberts gave to independent-living activists with photos depicitng the ongoing struggle of people throughout the world for the rights and independence modeled by this visionary leader.
For more information and to order the complete video, visit www.rtcil.org, e-mail rtcil@ku.edu, or call 785-864-4095.
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you could not know that when you posted the two videos, but Ed and I have been in contact from about 1964 until his death in 1995. Ed was one of my role models when I was staying in the hospital in Munich with no hope, no future. In4 1964 I came across a copy of the Toomey J Gazette, a small magazine edited by Gini Laurie, St. Louis, Missouri who was to become something of a second mother to me. In the magazine there was an article by Ed reporting on how he attended classes at UC Berkeley. I wrote him and he wrote back. With lots of luck and help from many good people such as Gini I managed to attend UCLA between 1966 and 1973. Ed and I eventually met and in the 80's and 90's Ed and I spend much time together both work-related and socially.I am still in contact with his mother Zona.
Adolf Ratzka
you could not know that when you posted the two videos, but Ed and I have been in contact from about 1964 until his death in 1995. Ed was one of my role models when I was staying in the hospital in Munich with no hope, no future. In4 1964 I came across a copy of the Toomey J Gazette, a small magazine edited by Gini Laurie, St. Louis, Missouri who was to become something of a second mother to me. In the magazine there was an article by Ed reporting on how he attended classes at UC Berkeley. I wrote him and he wrote back. With lots of luck and help from many good people such as Gini I managed to attend UCLA between 1966 and 1973. Ed and I eventually met and in the 80's and 90's Ed and I spend much time together both work-related and socially.I am still in contact with his mother Zona.
Adolf Ratzka
you could not know that when you posted the two videos, but Ed and I have been in contact from about 1964 until his death in 1995. Ed was one of my role models when I was staying in the hospital in Munich with no hope, no future. In4 1964 I came across a copy of the Toomey J Gazette, a small magazine edited by Gini Laurie, St. Louis, Missouri who was to become something of a second mother to me. In the magazine there was an article by Ed reporting on how he attended classes at UC Berkeley. I wrote him and he wrote back. With lots of luck and help from many good people such as Gini I managed to attend UCLA between 1966 and 1973. Ed and I eventually met and in the 80's and 90's Ed and I spend much time together both work-related and socially.I am still in contact with his mother Zona.
Adolf Ratzka
Thank you for your comment Adolf! We appreciate a lot your contribution to the disability movement.
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Zsolt Bugarszki
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