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Elizabeth W. Bauer papers, 1958-2015 (majority within 1970s-2000s)

26 linear feet — 78.3 MB (online)

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Elizabeth W. Bauer is a disability rights activist who served many years defending the rights of the disabled within Michigan, across the country, and internationally. She also served an eight year term on Michigan's State Board of Education. This collection contains materials relating to different disability rights issues--such as deinstitutionalization, community placement, education, euthanasia, sterilization, and disability legislation--as well as papers regarding the many organizations through which Bauer enacted her work.

Collection contains materials relating to different disability rights issues, records regarding the many organizations through which Bauer enacted her work, papers relating to Bauer's term as an elected official on the State Board of Education, materials relating to the conferences and workshops Bauer held and attended, Bauer's speeches and writings, and a very small personal series.

The collection is divided into nine series: the Personal series, the Organizations series, the Social Issues series (divided into 8 subseries: Bio-ethics and Disability Rights, Building Feasibility Study, Community Living/Group Homes, Deinstitutionalization, History of Disability Rights, Mental Disability and the Law, Patient Abuse, and Other Social Issues (previously titled Miscellaneous), the Topical File series, the Education series, the Conferences and Workshops series, the International Consultation series, the Speeches and Writings series, and the Publications series.

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Education

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The Education series (3.1 linear feet and 70.1 MB, 1958-2013) gives an in-depth picture of education initiatives in Michigan throughout the years, as well as details Bauer's 8 year term serving on the Michigan State Board of Education. Some topics discussed within this series include alternative education, special education services in Michigan, the education of homeless or at-risk youth, inclusive education, Universal Design Learning (UDL), higher education, universal education, technology in Michigan schools, intelligent design, and international education. This series contains meeting minutes, reports, surveys, newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence, information packets, research papers, CDs, and assessment materials.

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Conferences and Workshops

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The Conferences and Workshops series (2.7 linear feet, 1971-2014) contains materials relating to the many conferences that Bauer attended over the years, as well as materials regarding workshops that she put on within her work. Topics covered at these conferences include public health, advocacy for developmentally delayed individuals, mental health, disability law, community support services, special education, human sexuality and developmentally delayed persons, and pediatric AIDS, among others. This series contains notes taken by Bauer at the conferences, informational packets about conferences and workshops, and materials covered in conference proceedings.