ADA30 Interviews

Answer each question/prompt in 1-2 paragraphs while applying content that was covered in the course. Include the question or prompt prior to its respective response. Indicate the number for each response.

1.Compare and contrast the two interviews. Giving 1-2 examples, explain how the disability experiences of the interviewees are similar. Giving 1-2 examples, explain how they are different.

2.How do the two interviews you watched enhance and/or confuse your understanding of the disability experience? Explain.

3.If you were the interviewer, what are three additional questions you would want to ask? Why?

You are required to watch 2 interviews from ABILITY Magazine’s ADA30 Summit in celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act listed below. The expectation is for you to take the ideas we have presented in readings and lectures and reflect on how those concepts apply to the people in these interviews.

Judy Heumann – Disability Rights Pioneer, Found of World Institute on Disability, Mobility Disability –

Day Al-Mohamed – Civil Rights Leader, Film Producer, Visual Impairment-

Edlyn & Diego Pena – Mother and Son, Professor, Author, Autism, Alternative Communication –     

CJ Jones – Actor, Producer, Comedian, Advocate, Deaf      

Matthew Wangeman – Professor, Advocate, Augmentative & Alternative Communication User 

Michelle Nario-Redmond – Disability Studies Professor, Author of Ableism: The Causes & Consequences of Disability Prejudice, Parent of Child with a Disability    

Andy Imparato – Executive Director of Disability Rights California, Mental Health Disability