Paul Spooner, part 06 of 15: “Worst Things Government has Inflicted on Disabled People”0

Paul Spooner of Boston, MA talks about institutionalization, his life of advocacy, and working with Ed Roberts. Paul is the executive director of the MetroWest Center for Independent Living Inc., in Framingham, Massachusetts. He is a nationally respected trainer in the areas of independent living history, disability legislation, and other related fields. This is #7 out of more than 1000 interviews that “It’s Our Story” has collected in an effort to free the voices of the disability community. Visit us at www.itsourstory.org
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In the following demonstration, the participant will sequentially select the command ALARM, HUNGRY and COLD. The most importance feature of this system is that no eye or head movement is required. Therefore, severely disabled people could potentially use this system to send important messages to their caregivers.