EDWARD V. ROBERTS 1939-1995
By Heidi Johnson-Wright
Written about 1-23 Google item:
Today's Google doodle commemorates the birthday of Ed Roberts, one of the founders of the American disability rights movement.
Ed was determined to get an education even though the university administration at UC Berkeley (yes, Berkeley) was not supportive and he had to live in the student health center because no dorms were wheelchair-accessible.
"Helpless cripple attends classes at UC," proclaimed a headline in a 1963 issue of Berkeley Gazette, a local community newspaper.
Thank you, Ed.
You rolled that big rock up the hill and made it possible for "helpless cripples" like me to get an education and have a life.
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