- Collection:
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project, 2015-2017
- Title:
- Ruby Moore interviewed by Alison Barkoff, 12 April 2017.
- Creator:
- Moore, Ruby E.
Barkoff, Alison Nodvin - Date of Original:
- 2017-04-12
- Subject:
- Mental health services--Georgia
Mentally ill children--Abuse of--Georgia
Mental health services
Georgia - People:
- Moore, Ruby E.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Ruby Moore talks about her experience investigating the death of 14-year old Sarah Crider, who was under the care of a Georgia state hospital when she died. Moore talks about the settlement agreement reached between the State of Georgia and the Department of Justice against the wishes of stakeholders and advocacy groups. Moore talks about how advice and contributions from out-of-state resources assisted in the reform of the Georgia mental health care system. Moore describes the shortcomings of the settlement agreement, including the lack of litigation to improve conditions specifically for those with developmental disabilities.
Ruby Moore has more than thirty years of experience in assisting people with disabilities to obtain jobs and careers. Previously, Moore has worked on projects that involve setting up and providing national and state employment technical assistance in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Moore also ran a demonstration model program in New England designed to help people with dual-sensory impairments attain employment. At the time of the interview, Ruby Moore served in as executive directory of the Georgia Advocacy Office, part of the larger implemnentation of the Protection as Advocacy System (P & A) for people with disabilities.
Interviewed by Alison Barkoff. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL391GDC-010/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project, GDC-010, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 interview (approximately 38 min.))
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL391GDC-ead.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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