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Deaf basketball players tournament

Description: National tournament of deaf basketball players takes place in Boston. Deaf community endeavors to make their concerns known to hearing population.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/07/1988

Disenfranchised by health care system

Description: Barbara Gray at community mental health workers' rally for better pay. David Cohen at disabled activists' rally for personal care services for chronically ill and handicapped living at home. Van with wheelchair lift.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1988

Dissatisfaction with The Ride

Description: Wheelchair users of The Ride express severe dissatisfaction with subcontractor providing lift- equipped van service to disabled people.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1988

The Ride

Description: Wheelchair users gather on City Hall plaza to protest The Ride van service with lift because it is ill-equipped and unreliable. James O'Leary, MBTA general manager. Handicapped. Discrimination.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1988

The Ride second protest

Description: Users of The Ride, van shuttle for disabled commuters, stage 2nd protest against its unreliable service & poor safety record. James O'Leary of MBTA. People in wheelchairs. Handicapped.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/08/1988

Yuppie volunteers

Description: Yuppie volunteers donate their services to hospitals and reading for the blind.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/23/1988