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This week Bob brings on Paul Marchand, a Disability advocate for/with people with cognitive disabilities for almost 4 decades. Retired from The Arc of the US in 2011For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Bob interviews Sharon Gardner.Sharon coordinated the 50-state tour that Justin Dart Jr and his wife Yoshiko did collecting stories of discrimination that people with disabilities experienced.These stories were used as reasons we needed to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Alexia Kemerling REV UP Coalitions Coordinator.REV UP is a program of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) More info at https://www.aapd.com/about-rev-up/For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

This week, Bob brings on Lex Frieden Director of the ILRU program at TIRR, Memorial, Hermann, and professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

On this week's episode of Barrier Free Futures. bob talks with Mary Lou Breslin, Senior analyst & Co-Founder of the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund (DREDF).

On this week's episode of Barrier Free Futures. Bob interviews Lauren Pongan, National Director of Diverse Elders.Visit www.diverseelders.org for more info.For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Mike Oxford, ADAPT Activist, Independent Living Advocate, Disability Rights, and Services ConsultantTopic: Olmstead Decision: Getting and Keeping people out of nursing facilities and other institutions

This week on Barrier Free Futures Bob talks with Mark Johnson, Long time ADAPT Activist, Connector, Author, and New Granddaddy.

This week Bob talks with Dan Kessler, Interim Executive Director of Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)

Bob kicks off Disability Pride Month and the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a conversation about the limitations of guardianship/conservatorship with guests Dr. Ronald Bassman, Executive Director of MindFreedom International, and Misty Dion, CEO of Roads to Freedom for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania.For a transcript of this program visit https://bff.justwork.io/