76 results for: Disabilities
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Justin Fleming talking with Stan Morris after practice swim, Federal Way, June 12, 2002
The 2002 Disability Championships in swimming, a collaboration between the U.S. Paralympic Committee and USA Swimming, was held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way in June 2002. Over 130 swimmers from around the world met a qualifying time to swim in the meet, and no prostheses or flotation devices were allowed. Swimmers were classified into categories…
ID Number:2000.107.20020612.CD04.001
Date:2002
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Justin Fleming climbing the starting block at swim practice, Federal Way, June 12, 2002
The 2002 Disability Championships in swimming, a collaboration between the U.S. Paralympic Committee and USA Swimming, was held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way in June 2002. Over 130 swimmers from around the world met a qualifying time to swim in the meet, and no prostheses or flotation devices were allowed. Swimmers were classified into categories…
ID Number:2000.107.20020612.CD04.002
Date:2002
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Joy Krahner in her office at Boeing, Seattle, January 14, 2004
According to a 2000 National Organization on Disability/Harris survey, the number of developmentally disabled people employed in the United States was 32 percent, despite the desire to work by 67 percent of all unemployed individuals with developmental disabilities. At the time, The Boeing Co. spent about $200,000 a year to employ six neurodivergent workers in a variety of roles, such…
ID Number:2000.107.20040114.CD02.01.001
Date:2004
Ephemera
Rally for Equal Access to Red Square flier, May 1990
This flier advertises a rally to support building an accessibility ramp between Red Square and Drumheller Fountain on the University of Washington (UW) campus. The rally was held by the Disabled Students Commission (now called the Student Disability Commission) on May 23, 1990, and it involved protesters presenting a petition signed by 2000 students to UW administrators during the short…
ID Number:2002.23.5.25.1
Date:1990
Poster
Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Concert poster, December 1988
Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC) is an LGBTQ community chorus based in Seattle, Washington. The group was founded in 1979, and is one of the world's largest men choruses. Along with Seattle Women's Chorus, it is the largest community choral organization in North America.This poster advertises the SMC 1988 Holiday Concert, held in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus.…
ID Number:2011.44.1
Date:1988
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Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, Seattle, March 2019
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a program of the Washington State Library, providing access for any resident of Washington who is unable to read standard print material because of visual impairment or disability. The WTBBL began in 1906 as a program of the Seattle Public Library and became part of the National Library Service for the…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH423
Date:2019
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Group around table at ROOTS family picnic, Seattle, 1984
The tradition of the ROOTS family picnic began in the early 1970s, when Arline and Letcher Yarbrough invited to dinner a group of close friends they hadn’t seen in many years. Those who attended agreed to establish more regular get togethers. Word went out to the “Old Timers,” as they called themselves, to come to a reunion at Seward Park.…
ID Number:2014.49.04.012.07
Date:1984
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Group with ROOTS Reunion sign, Seattle, 1984
The tradition of the ROOTS family picnic began in the early 1970s when Arline and Letcher Yarbrough invited to dinner a group of close friends they hadn’t seen in many years. Those who attended agreed to establish more regular get togethers. Word went out to the “Old Timers,” as they called themselves, to come to a reunion at Seward Park.…
ID Number:2014.49.04.012.17
Date:1984
Correspondence
Draft of letter from Evelyn Chapman to Washington legislators regarding Title I funding for the Northwest Center, May 26, 1969
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.01
Date:1969
Document
Draft of speech given by Evelyn J. Chapman to King County legislators, May 29, 1968
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.02
Date:1968