Marilyn saviola

Five Decades of Advocacy

NEW YORK TIMES
Marilyn Saviola, Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 74
Polio left her in a wheelchair. It also started her on a lifelong fight to change perceptions and break down real-world obstacles.
By Neil Genzlinger

Link to article: https://nyti.ms/2Y46kdO


Accessible Homes? Not Really, Say Disabled Residents
By GLENN COLLINS AUG. 24, 2008
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/307j4D3

 

U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled
By CHARLES V. BAGLI AUG. 18, 2008
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/2Xzo16e


Many Still Seek One Final Say on Ending Life
By John Schwartz and James Estrin JUNE 17, 2005
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/3dKqOiF


A VICTOR FEARS FOR THE FUTURE
Woman Sees Advances For the Disabled Imperiled by Budget Cuts
By Douglas Martin April 29, 1997

Link to article: https://nyti.ms/370qEko

 

Disabled Women: A Conference on Discrimination
‘To Effect Change’ Other Barriers Mentioned Veterans Get Priority
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/2MpZ5HM


City Hall Protest Staged By Goldwater’s Patients
By Ronald Smothers April 30, 1975
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/2XuhGJ0


HOSPITAL ELECTS COMMUNITY BOARD
By Lacey Fosburgh Aug. 5, 1971
Link to article: https://nyti.ms/3cwjtBF 


University of California Oral History Project
New York Activists and Leaders in the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement: Vol I
Interview with Marilyn conducted in 2001

Link to article: https://bit.ly/2zYVdLa

Video – Watch Marilyn explain the critical importance of Consumer Directed Care – a service she helped to create – to the independence of people with disabilities.

Link to article: https://youtu.be/hcWwsHat0gw