Oral history interview of Monica Wilson

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Context

Monica Wilson is a human rights campaigner who has undertaken several roles with Disability Action, a Northern Ireland charity who works with people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, sensory disabilities, hidden disabilities, and mental health disabilities since 1980. She was appointed chief executive in 1992. Monica was also a member of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and served on the UK Disability Rights Taskforce.

Description:

This thirty-five-minute long oral history interview was conducted by the Digital Repository of Ireland as part of The Atlantic Philanthropies archive project (2017-2020) titled Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland in 2019., In this interview Monica Wilson talks about her upbringing in Carrickfergus, a town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, and describes the daily difficulties faced by a disabled person. She also talks about her determination to become a teacher at St. Mary’s college in Belfast and describes the background to the establishment of Disability Action Northern Ireland. Monica describes some of the organisations achievements and gives background to the Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland., and This recording contains the personal views of the participants, they do not reflect the views of the DRI.

Type:

audio and oral histories (literary works)

Creator:

Digital Repository of Ireland, 2015 -

Subject:

Curated collection--Oral histories, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Disability, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), Disability Action Northern Ireland, Grant 14181, Disability awareness, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006006221, Nonprofit organizations, and Curated collection--Monica Wilson

Grant:

Grant 14181

Grantee:

Disability Action Northern Ireland

Year of Grant:

2005 and 2009

Location of Grantee:

Belfast

Rights:

Copyright is with DRI and Monica Wilson. Please see license for reuse.

Attribution:

Digital Repository of Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.2r377k67z