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Sylvia Walker
Born
July 18, 1937
Died
February 6, 2004
Education
Queens College, B.A in education, early childhood and social science
Hunter College, M.S in education of the physically handicapped
Teachers College of Columbia University, M.Ed. and Ed.D in amdination and educational of health impaired persons
Occupation(s)
Professor Emeritus of the School of Education and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University
Director of the Center for Disability and Socioeconomic Policy Studies and the Howard University Research & Training Center
Vice-Chair of the US President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities under President Clinton
Known for
Disability-Rights Activist
Sylvia Walker (July 18, 1937 - February 6, 2004) was a disability rights activist and professor with the School of Education at Howard University.
Born in New York City as a blind African American woman, Walker experienced ableism in her early education[1] and worked to combat this discrimination in her professional career. Walker established the Howard University Centre for Disability and Socioeconomic Policy Studies, which is currently known as the Centre for the Study of Handicapped Children and Youth. Walker oversaw the Howard University Research and Training Centre (HURTC), which specialised in preparing low-income, disabled African American students for future employment, while she was at Howard. She also served as the department of psychoeducational studies chairman.[2][3]
In 1995, Walker cofounded the American Association of People with Disabilities[1] along with Bob Dole and Justin Dart Jr. In that same year, President Bill Clinton appointed Ronald W. Drach and Walker as vice-chairs of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities after Walker had served on the subcommittee on employee disability concerns, starting in 1987.[4]
^ ab"Sylvia Walker". Black Women Radicals. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
^"Sylvia Walker Obituary (2004) - The Washington Post". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
^Walker, Sylvia (1996). "The Howard University Research and Training Center: A Unique Resource". American Rehabilitation. 22: 27–33 – via ProQuest.
^Office of the Press Secretary (May 1, 1995). "PRESIDENT NAMES RONALD W. DRACH AND DR. SYLVIA WALKER TO THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES". clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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