Polio Voices Quotes

“The efforts of Roberts and others eventually gave rise to the independent living movement to enable all individuals with disabilities to live as independently as possible.32”
― Julie K. Silver, Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts

“disability rights and to demand full access. Ed Roberts and others at the University of California Berkeley in the 1960s forced the university to admit them, to provide access to classes and other activities, and to provide the support”
― Julie K. Silver, Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts