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Max Starkloff (1937, St. Louis, Missouri - December, 2010) was a disability rights activist. Starkloff became disabled in a car accident in 1959 and subsequently co-founded three organizations:〔(Entry text ) from star on St. Louis Walk of Fame.〕 * (Paraquad ), an independent living center, in 1970, then one of the first ten such federally funded centers; * the (National Council on Independent Living ), in 1983 (with Marca Bristo and Charlie Carr); and * the (Starkloff Disability Institute ), co-founded with Colleen, his wife, in 2003. Starkloff lobbied for legislation for curb cuts and disabled parking, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. He won a President’s Distinguished Service Award in 1991, and was awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Starkloff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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