Charlie Carr (activist)

Charlie Carr born 1953 in Everett, Massachusetts is a disability rights activist who became disabled after a diving accident in 1968. He was institutionalized for seven years and then "broke out" from being incarcerated at Middlesex County Hospital upon the creation of the Boston Center for Independent Living in 1974.^[1] He was an early member and went on to start:

• The Northeast Independent Living Program in Lawrence, MA in 1980 as the founder and CEO^[2]
• The National Council on Independent Living in 1983^[3]
• The Disability Policy Consortium in Massachusetts in 1996^[4]

He was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission in 2007 ^[5] by Gov. Deval Patrick and served for 8 years.

References

1. "Disability Rights Leaders". Regional Oral History Project. Bancroft Library UC Berkeley. September 2001. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
2. "Articles of Incorporation for The Northeast Independent Living Program, Inc.". Secretary of State filings.
3. "Access Living History of IL". The History of the Independent Living Movement. Access Living, Inc.
4. History of the Disability Policy Consortium http://www.dpcma.org/55840a5ce4b0d3ba33d21f21/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Annual Report 2007". Mass.gov/MRC. Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.