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8:37pm May 26, 2014
Interview with a self-advocate.  Transcript (as best as I could hear, anything I’m confused about is in [brackets]):
Mike [Mitty?] from Trenton, Missouri.
“Tell us about your legislative advocacy.”
I been when we were trying to get the r-word removed out of the legislative, from all the boards, i went out to the legislative committee and told them my story and why I wanted it removed.
“Can you tell us that story?”
Yes I can.  It was — I felt like it was disgraceful for the disability people, they were using it as a label for the disabled, and it made me personally mad, upset, felt like dirt, and it made me feel like I wasn’t a person in the community.
“Has anyone ever used that word against you?”
I have.  And I didn’t like it.  And I tried to correct them but they did not want to listen.
“Did the legislators listen to your concerns?”
Yes they did, and I’m glad they did.  One of the committees persons filibustered the bill but the governor listened to us and signed it into law anyway.  He bypassed the committee and went through it and made it a law.  So we got it done.
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