Julia Betancourt, 2021
Scope and Contents Summary
This folder contains the video recording of the interview alongside the edited transcript.
Dates
- Creation: 2021
Access
This recording has no restrictions.
Publication Rights
The copyright to the collection’s materials is retained by Julia Veronica Betancourt. The interviewees present in the collection hold dual copyright. Individuals utilizing the collection who wish to reproduce, publish and/or profit monetarily from the materials in this collection must obtain permissions from the copyright owners.
Extent
From the Series: .07 Gigabytes (6 oral history audio recordings and 5 transcripts.)
Language
From the Collection: English
Overview
Julia Betancourt (she/her), talks with Rebecca Sime Nagasawa via Zoom from the Upper West Side of NYC. She describes how she lost her hand and became Disabled as a baby. Julia explains that she had “two very different experiences” with her disability and accommodations in school; in elementary and middle school she received unofficial “natural” accommodations to include her in class activities that she was mostly unaware of, whereas in high school she struggled with getting accommodations she needed. She notes that her intake meeting with CARDS was “so not frustrating,” and that the process was “simple and methodical.” She describes how covid made it easier to participate in extracurricular activities as a commuter student, and that her accommodations didn’t apply in virtual learning, as they had to do with campus navigation and testing (which was de facto eliminated in her classes during online school). Julia also discussed her own and others’ awareness of her disability in different environments, and mentions how this came up in her current experience of teaching 3rd grade students.
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository