Transcript: Brad Hedrick on Tim Nugent’s Vision for the Future

Brad Hedrick, Director of the Division of Disability Resources and Education Services

Transcript: Brad Hedrick on Tim Nugent’s Vision for the Future

IYM The Legacy of Tim Nugent

Brad Hedrick on Tim Nugent’s Vision for the Future

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Transcript

Brad Hedrick speaking:
Most of us see up to the curve, very few of us can see around it or imagine what’s around it. And that’s where the vision of a pioneer comes from; this is someone who can imagine a reality that has never before existed. Nugent imagined a reality in which young people with disabilities in wheelchairs can go to college and graduate and get jobs and have families and live productive lives and successful and enjoyable lives…


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