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Pioneering, 1970
The concept of really going was a little bit scary. But the dream had an excitement I could hardly contain. I felt as if I would be, in some sense, a real pioneer, pioneering a new independence for myself, staking out a member of my family in a new part of the world, making a go of it on my own, really on my own....
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Title: Pioneering, 1970
Creator: Caryl Margot Halper (author)
Date: 1970
Format: Article
Publication: Rehabilitation Gazette
Source: Gazette International Networking Institute
Location: vol.13, no.1, pp.24-26
Keywords: Accessibility; Advocacy; Assistive Technology; Autobiography; Automobile; California; Diagnoses & Diseases; Disease; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; Family; Government; Higher Education; Identity; Independent Living; Institutions; Labor & Commerce; New York; New York City, NY; Personal Assistance; Physical Disability; Polio; Powerchair; Psychology; Respirator; Schools; Social Welfare & Communities; Technology & Equipment; Transportation; Wheelchair
Topics: Physical Environment; Social Movements & Advocacy
Funding Support Provided By: NEC Foundation of America