Pennhurst State School .................................................................................1958-1971
Participant, CCH Partial Hospitalization Day Program ...................................1978
President Philadelphia Chapter of Speaking For Ourselves ..................... ......1985
President Board of Directors of Speaking For Ourselves ...............................1986-1990
Trainer in Self-Advocacy, Connecticut ..........................................................1986
Speech: "Why Self-Advocates" at People First of Canada .............................1986
Canada National Retreat, Toronto
Speech: "Real Jobs In The Community" at Speaking For Ourselves
................1986
4th Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Speech: "The Role of Advocacy" at American Association ............................
1986
of Mental Retardation, Denver (First formal presentation
by a person with disabilities to the oldest professional
organization concerned with this disability)
Speech at New York State Service Providers ...............................................1986
Conference, Albany
Guest Lecturer, Graduate School of Social Work ........................................
.1986-1991
at University of Pennsylvania and at Temple University
Keynote Speaker at Pennhurst Closing Ceremony .........................................1987
Guest on WHYY-FM in connection with the closing ......................................1987
of Pennhurst, Philadelphia
"A Just Reward For Perseverance" - subject of article ...................................1987
by Steve Lopez for Philadelphia Inquirer
Trainer for National Park Service, Philadelphia ..............................................1988
Co-Facilitator: Second Annual Leadership Retreat, .......................................1988
Fellowship Farm
Consultant for Work Interview Project at Temple ..........................................1988
University (hired to survey peers regarding satisfaction
with jobs in sheltered workshops).
Interview: "In Touch" (speaks with PA Secretary of Public
............................1988
Welfare about community living on a videotape which
was used in training for 42,000 state employees)
Testimony given in Federal Court, Philadelphia regarding ...............................1989
impact of funding crisis on plaintiffs in the on-going
Pennhurst case
Award: Consumer Participation in Five State Region, ....................................1989
American Association of Mental Retardation
Key Player in activity leading to Federal Court case which .............................1989
resulted in people leaving Pinehill
Co-Sponsor Voter Training with League of Women Voters, ..........................1989
Philadelphia
Speech: National Accreditation Council on Developmental ............................1989
Disabilities, Virginia
Award: "Advocate of the Year," Montgomery County ...................................1989
Association for Retarded Citizens
Co-Facilitator of Retreat sponsored by PA Office of Mental .........................1990
Retardation, Hershey
Special Guest: White House Ceremony at Signing of American ......................1990
With Disabilities Act
Speech: Self-Advocacy Session of American Association of ..........................1990
Mental Retardation Conference, Atlanta
Key Participant in Peer Interview Project, published as "Hiring
......................1990
Consumers to Interview Consumers About Day Program
Satisfaction and Hopes: A Pilot Test" by University of Haifa
OMNAH Association for Developmental Disabled People
Speech: "The Role of Self-Advocacy" at First National People
First ... ..........1990
Conference, Denver
Elected North East Representative to National Steering Committee ...............1991
on Self-Advocacy, Denver
Keynote Speaker: President's Committee on Mental Retardation, ..................1991
25th Anniversary, Washington
Speech: "Report on National Steering Committee" at Second
........................1991
National People First Conference, Nashville
Leader: PA State-Wide Self-Advocacy Leadership Retreat ..........................1991
& 1992
Fellowship Farm
Speaks on HIV/AIDS and People With Disabilities ......................................1992-1993
as Consultant for Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care
to both disability and AIDS groups
Trainer at PA State-Wide Self-Advocacy Leadership Retreat .......................1992
Fellowship Farm
Speech: "Sounding the Warning: HIV Disease and Persons With ...................1992
Disabilities" at American Association on Mental Retardation
Conference, New Orleans
Interviewed for CNN's "Special Assignment" ................................................1993
Presents Award to President Bush in connection with the A.D.A. ..................1993
(Broadcast on "Nightline")
Speech: "HIV/AIDS: Practical Approaches to Prevention and .......................1993
Service Delivery" at "Everyday Lives" State-Wide Conference
sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Speech: "Who's In Control?" at Third International People
First ............. .......1993
Conference, Toronto
Re-Elected President of Board of Directors, Speaking For Ourselves ............1993
(step down for health reasons)
Dies as a result of an accidental fire ...............................................................1994
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