NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING: Oral History Project
The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) has launched a video oral history series preserving firsthand accounts from leaders of the Independent Living movement. Episodes feature figures like Kelly Buckland, Charlie Carr, and Colleen Starkloff, who recount how NCIL grew from a 1982 organizing meeting into a national force — building Centers for Independent Living (CILs), fighting for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and expanding community-based attendant services as alternatives to institutionalization.
