Zona Roberts
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Growing up in Oregon, Washington, and California; marriage to Verne Roberts and raising four sons; PTA work in San Mateo; polio of son Edward V. Roberts at age 15: medical care, iron lung, therapy, transition to home; Ed's continuing education: Burlingame High School, College of San Mateo; first disabled student living at Cowell Hospital, UC Berkeley; Ed's work at Center for Independent Living (CIL) and California State Department of Rehabilitation; Zona's education: College of San Mateo and UCB; work as counselor at Physically Disabled Students' Program, 1970-1979; travels in Europe; comments on independence, education, and employment for disabled persons, architectural accessibility and user-friendly equipment; reflections on John Hessler, Jean Wirth, disability community leadership; Zona's work at CIL and as family therapist. |
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Title |
Zona Roberts |
Creator |
interviewee. Roberts, Zona, 1920- interviewer. O'Hara, Susan, 1938-2018, interviewee. Wirth, Jean, 1932- |
Creator |
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office. |
Full Collection Name |
California Audiovisual Preservation Project |
Other Identifiers |
cabeuroh_000234 |
Subject (Person) |
Roberts, Edward V., 1939-1995. |
Subject (Corporate) |
Center for Independent Living. California. Department of Rehabilitation. University of California, Berkeley. Physically Disabled Students Program. |
Subject (Topic) |
People with disabilities Counseling of--California--San Francisco Bay Area. College students with disabilities Services for--California. Parents of children with disabilities California--Interviews. Counselors California--Interviews. Personnes handicapées Counseling--Californie--San Francisco, Région de la baie de. Étudiants handicapés Services--Californie. Parents d'enfants handicapés Californie--Entretiens. |
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Video |
Format |
oral histories (literary works) interviews. Oral histories. Interviews. Histoires orales. Interviews. |
Archive |
The Library |
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Collection |
California AV Project |
Tracks |
cabeuroh_000234_access.HD.mov |
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