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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Judith Summers-Gates

  • 2017-Jan-20
  • 2017-Feb-06

  Judith Summers-Gates was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania in 1958 and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a registered nurse. Her father was a hardwood floor installer. She had a younger sister and…

  • Interviewer Martucci, Jessica L., Berry, Lee Sullivan
  • Interviewee Summers-Gates, Judith, 1958-
  • Subject Women in science, People with disabilities, People with mental disabilities, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Drexel University, United States. Department of Defense, United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Engineering, Breast--Radiography, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (United States), Paratransit services, Self-help device for people with disabilities, American Chemical Society, Chemists with disabilitites, Chemistry, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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  Oral history interview with Raymond E. March

  • 2014-Oct-27

  Raymond March was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. March’s childhood was shaped by World War II, and by a mysterious polio-like paralysis which caused him to miss a great deal of school. He took an apprenticeship…

  • Interviewee March, Raymond E.
  • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
  • Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Scientists with disabilities, Trent University, Paralysis, People with disabilities, March, Raymond E., Mass spectrometry, Flash photolysis, Atmospheric chemistry, Poliomyelitis, Flavonoids, Paralytics
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  Oral history interview with Robert W. Allington

  • 2001-Nov-13

  Robert W. Allington begins the interview with a sketch of his family history. His father, a scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture, and later at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [UNL], encouraged…

  • Interviewee Allington, R. W. (Robert W.), 1935-2006
  • Interviewer Van Ness, John R., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
  • Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Electrical engineers, People with disabilities, Allington, R. W. (Robert W.), 1935-2006, Electrical engineering, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Poliomyelitis, Separation (Technology), Scientists with disabilities, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Clothing and dress

  Playskin Lift assistive garment

  • 2016

  Playskin Lift is an assistive garment for young infants with weakness or movement problems due to brachial plexus palsy, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and various forms of muscular dystrophy/atrophy. The garment is…

  • Creator Of Work Hall, Martha
  • Manufacturer University of Delaware Move to Learn Innovation Lab
  • Subject People with disabilities, Self-help devices for people with disabilities