Eunice K. Fiorito

Eunice K. Fiorito ( October 1, 1930- November 22, 1999) o bu onye activist nke America na ahu maka ikikere ndi nwere nkwaru na ndi oru. O bu onye isi nke American Coalition nke Citizens nwere nkwaru (ACCD).

Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ

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A mụrụ Eunice Kathleen Frelly na Chicago, Illinois, [1] nwa nwanyị nke Joseph Frelly (onye a mụrụ Frelichowski) na Anna C. Rutkowski Frelly. [2]kpuru ìsì n'oge ọ dị afọ iri na ụma.[3] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Loyola Chicago na 1954, wee nweta nzere masta na ọrụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya na Mahadum Columbia na 1960. [4][5]

Ọrụ

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A zụrụ ya dị ka onye ọrụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, Fiorito rụrụ ọrụ na Ngalaba Ahụike Ọha nke Illinois na Jewish Guild for the Blind na New York City, ebe o nyere aka malite ụlọ ọgwụ ndị isi mgbaka maka ụmụaka nwere nkwarụ n'afọ ndị 1960.[6] Ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike na American Council of the Blind . [4]

N'afọ 1970, a họpụtara Fiorito ka ọ bụrụ onye ọrụ nke Kọmitii onye isi obodo John Lindsay na ndị nwere nkwarụ, mgbe ọ mepụtara echiche nke ụlọ ọrụ obodo maka nsogbu ndị nwere nkụda mmụọ, ọkachasị iwulite ohere ọrụ.[7][8] Ọfịs Onye isi obodo nke ndị nwere nkwarụ na New York City meghere na ngwụcha afọ 1972, na Fiorito dị ka onye nduzi mbụ ya. [9][10][11] "M ga-anọchite anya ndị nwere nkwarụ na gọọmentị a, ọ bụghị gọọmentị nke a na ndị nwere nkụ," ka o kwupụtara na nhọpụta ya.[12]

Fiorito gbara akaebe na nzukọ kọmitii nke Congress na mmemme Supplemental Security Income (SSI) na 1975. [13] Ya na Judith Heumann, Fred Fay, Ralf Hotchkiss, Lex Frieden, na ndị ọzọ, ha guzobere American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities na 1975, ma jee ozi dị ka onye isi oche ya, [14] ya na Frank Bowe dị ka onye nduzi ACCD.[15] Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị ndú nke 504 Sit-In ngagharị iwe na 1977, na ahụmịhe ya na ndị ọrụ gọọmentị na ndị na-eme ngagharị iwe dị mkpa maka mkpebi ịga nke ọma nke ngagharị iwe ahụ.[10] N'afọ 1980, o guzobere Njikọ nke Ndị Nwere Nkwarụ. [16]

Fiorito rụrụ ọrụ na Washington, D.C. na Ngalaba Ahụike, Mmụta na Ahụike ruo afọ iri na itoolu, malite n'oge ọchịchị Carter. Ọ bụ osote onye isi oche nke ndị ọrụ gọọmentị etiti na ngalaba 504 nke Iwu Nweghachi. Ọ lara ezumike nká n'ọrụ gọọmentị n'afọ 1996, mana ọ nọgidere na-eduga Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities, ma na-akpọsa maka Alexandria League of Women Voters . [4]

Ndụ onwe onye

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Eunice K. Frelly lụrụ James Fiorito o nwuru Maka nsogbu obi na 1999, o di afo 69, n'ulo ya bu Alexandria, Virginia.[2].[4][17] Ili ya dị na Arlington National Cemetery . [18] Ezinụlọ ya nyere "ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ọrụ, ọbá akwụkwọ, na òtù ndị ọzọ" magnifiers dijitalụ na ncheta ya.[19] E nwere Eunice Fiorito Scholarship nke American Foundation for the Blind na American Council of the Blind nyere, maka ụmụ akwụkwọ kpuru ìsì na-amụ nkwado ma ọ bụ ọrụ nkwarụ. [20]

  1. Keith (January 2000). "Eunice Fiorito: A Voice that Should Never Die". The Braille Forum 38. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Anna C. Frelly (Frelichowski)", Chicago Tribune, 1973-04-22, pp. 36. Retrieved on 2020-07-04. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":2" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Baker. "Blind woman fights for rights", Austin American-Statesman, 1979-05-27, pp. 63. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Estrada. "Eunice Fiorito, Advocate for Disabled", The Washington Post, December 3, 1999. Retrieved on July 4, 2020. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  5. "Wins Award Presented for Aid to Blind", Chicago Tribune, 1958-07-31, pp. 13. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  6. Cannel. "Who Helps Children in Darkness?", The Palm Beach Post, 1963-09-19, pp. 48. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  7. McCarthy. "800 Disabled but Willing Get a Shot at Job Market", Daily News, 1976-06-24, pp. 126. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  8. (November 1976) "New York City Has Disabled Citizens' Opportunities Week". The Deaf American 29: 19. 
  9. "City Post Filled by Mrs. Fiorito", Daily News, 1973-05-22, pp. 69. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Fleischer (2012). The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation (in en). Temple University Press, 52. ISBN 978-1-4399-0421-3.  Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content
  11. Corry. "About New York", The New York Times, 1975-02-19. Retrieved on 2020-07-04. (in en-US)
  12. "Blind Director to Aid Disabled", Press and Sun-Bulletin, 1973-05-22, pp. 6. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  13. United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means (1975). Supplemental Security Income Program: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance Of..., 94-1... (in en). 
  14. Verville (2009-08-16). War, Politics, and Philanthropy: The History of Rehabilitation Medicine (in en). University Press of America, 198. ISBN 978-0-7618-4595-9. 
  15. Boyd. "Social Worker Lobbies For Rights of Disabled", Arizona Republic, 1977-12-15, pp. 101. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  16. "Unit for Disabled Formed", Star-Gazette, 1980-03-29, pp. 4. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  17. Duffy. "Disabled in America: Disabled Community Loses 2 Champions", Detroit Free Press, 1999-12-05, pp. 96. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  18. Arlington National Cemetery. Interment.net. Retrieved on 2020-07-04.
  19. (September 2000) "Digital Magnifiers Free to Organizations Which Serve Visually Impaired Clients". The Braille Forum 39. 
  20. AFB Scholarships, American Foundation for the Blind.