- Collection:
- Georgia Disability Community Oral History Project, 2015-2017
- Title:
- Gab Rich interviewed by Susan Goico, 21 April 2017.
- Creator:
- Rich, Gab
Goico, Susan - Date of Original:
- 2017-04-21
- Subject:
- People with disabilities--Civil rights--Georgia
Mentally ill--Services for--Georgia
Mentally ill--Services for
People with disabilities--Civil rights
Georgia - People:
- Rich, Gab
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Gab Rich talks about her position at Atlanta Legal Aid as a paralegal in the Disability Integration Project. Rich recalls the early days of the Nick Project, a committee-led social project with the mission of providing services to people with mental disabilities who were institutionalized in Georgia State Forensic Hospitals. Rich talks about her initial involvement in the Nick Project and the ways in which the Nick Project has impacted the lives of individuals who suffer from mental illnesses. Nick explains the challenges faced in the managing the operations of the Nick Project, including the provision of adequate housing and challenges of confronting the stigmas associated with providing care for those with mental illnesses. Rich talks about the need for greater community awareness about mental illness.
Gab Rich graduated with a Bachelor's in Psychology from Emory University and a Master's of Social Work and Community Partnerships from the University of Georgia. Rich has served in a variety of positions focused on the care of those with disabilities and child social work. From 2014-2017, Rich served as a paralegal in the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Disability Integration Project. There, she worked as part of legal team where she provided representation to those with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. During her time at Atlanta Legal Aid, Rich was also involved in the Nick Project, a committee-led social project that was missioned with the purpose of providing services for those with mental disabilities being held in Georgia state forensic hospitals. Rich presently works as a member of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, where she acts as a behavioral health clinician and provides therapeutic counseling for those receiving ACT team services.
Interviewed by Susan Goico. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL391GDC-016/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-016, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 interview (approximately 46 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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