ELDERS | Episode 2 Travels With Corbett

Corbett O’Toole is 72 and lives in a van in the desert. But her life story embodies the strength of empowered disabled people who are agents of change, people who, like Corbett, have made history and continue to do so. “Travels With Corbett” was co-produced and co-reported by Julie Reynolds and Mara J. Reynolds with guest reporting by Brenda Zorn. For detailed show notes, visit grayarepodcast.com.

LEARN MORE | Disability history + resources for this podcast

• Documentary: The Power of 504
• Documentary: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution | Watch on Netflix
• Virtual exhibit: Patient No More | San Francisco State University
• CBS News Report on the 504 Sit-In
• Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
• Disability Visibility Project
• Sins Invalid: 10 Principles of Disability Justice
• The Bancroft Library Archives of the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Collection
• The 7 Principles of Universal Design

Current legal threat to Section 504

• Texas vs. Kennedy case updates

Corbett links

• Corbett’s website
• Wiki page

Corbett in the media

• Corbett Joan O’Toole still fighting for self-determination, respect for disabled people By Kathi Wolfe