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The Last Minority
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"THE LAST MINORITY is a 30-minute documentary examining the issue of civil rights in the lives of people with physical disabilities. "The first part of the program tells the story of Dr. Terry Winkler, President of the Arkansas chapter of A.D.A.P.T. (America's Disabled for Attendant-care Programs Today), and the group's decision to occupy then-Governor Bill Clinton's office on New Year's Eve 1991. They were protesting state cutbacks in attendant-care programs which threatened to institutionalize hundreds of people with disabilities. "The documentary also profiles three people with physical disabilities whose situations reflect the current status of civil rights in the lives of people with disabilities. "Finding stories to tell was not a problem -- there is no shortage of people with disabilities struggling for their rights today. The main challenge was gaining access to the institutions that are the setting for their stories'especially if the story is still being played out. "The program aired on the Arkansas Educational Television Network in March, 1993."--1993 Peabody Awards entry form.
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Arkansas Educational TV Network
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Terry Winkler, Bill Clinton, ADAPT, Arkansas ADAPT, Arkansas Department of Human Services, Medicaid, disability rights, civil disobedience, deinstitutionalization, home health care, personal care services, Little Rock Arkansas, Arkansas Educational Television Network
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