crip camp

Question 1

what job does jm lebrecht do?

Answer 1

sound designer at a theater.

Question 2

what disability was jim lebrecht born with?

Answer 2

born with spina bifida.

Question 3

what opportunity was jim lebrecht given?

Answer 3

given the chance to go to public school on a trial run when other people at the time were being institutionalized.

Question 4

why was jim lebrecht nervous to go to camp?

Answer 4

he was embarrassed due to having to wear diapers but soon realized that everyone had something going on with them.

Question 5

what was one thing that jim lebrecht noticed about the campers?

Answer 5

realized that there were different varying degrees of disability at the camp.

Question 6

what is crip camp (camp jened)?

Answer 6

summer camp ran for “the handicapped” by hippies.

Question 7

what did many campers view the camp as?

Answer 7

an utopia, a place where they could escape from the outside world.

Question 8

when was the camp founded?

Answer 8

1951.

Question 9

how did the camp treat people with disabilities?

Answer 9

just like everyone else.

Question 10

what was built into the camp?

Answer 10

• personal assistance
• whoever needed help got it

Question 11

during when many of the campers went, what had not yet been passed?

Answer 11

the disability act.

Question 12

disabled people are often denied what?

Answer 12

the right to privacy.

Question 13

many of campers viewed their friends as what?

Answer 13

siblings.

Question 14

when did the camp shut down?

Answer 14

after the summer of 1977 due to financial difficulties.

Question 15

who was judy heumann?

Answer 15

• president of disabled in action
• served as the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. department of state

Question 16

what is disabled in action?

Answer 16

a political organization for disabled people.

Question 17

disabled in action was the result of what?

Answer 17

a lawsuit that was brought against the board of education in new york city.

Question 18

one of the first things disabled in action worked on was what?

Answer 18

deinstitutionalization.

Question 19

what did disabled in action tend to do?

Answer 19

hold a lot of protests.

Question 20

what was section 504 of the rehabilitation act?

Answer 20

• detailed things about anti-discrimination
• anyone who got federal money (schools, hospitals) could not discriminate

Question 21

what happened at the disabled in action protests in front of nixon headquarters?

Answer 21

members sat down in the street to block traffic.

Question 22

what protests happened to enforce section 504?

Answer 22

• people did all that they could: they camped out
• camping out meant a lot because a lot of disabled people went without the assistance they need, but they were willing to do whatever it took to be heard
• the media often ignored them
• eventually, the section was signed
• still, even after it was signed, it was a struggle to enforce it

Question 23

what is the goal of the center for independent living (CIL)?

Answer 23

get disabled people into independent living/help them in general.

Question 24

what is the americans with disabilities act?

Answer 24

a bill that mandates equal access for disabled people for employment, transportation, etc.