• Title
  Item 1: John Moxon interview by Louise Darmody
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  5 May 2022
• Type of material
  Oral Histories, Nonmusical Sound Recordings
• Reference code
  9666065
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (1 hr., 38 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  John Moxon describes his family background and his early upbringing in Sydney and rural New South Wales. He discusses his interest in Formula Vee car racing and accounts his accident in April 1970, which resulted in Moxon breaking his neck and injuring his spinal cord. Moxon talks about his recovery and rehabilitation process, the struggles he experienced in a wheelchair, and the lack of public accessibility.
  
  Moxon talks about his Bachelor of Arts studies at Macquarie University, establishing the Macquarie Association of Disabled Students, which advocates for people with disability, and producing and presenting a weekly university radio program called 'Wheeling Free' and later titled, 'Freedom Bound'.
  
  Moxon talks about his volunteer work for the Handicapped Persons Alliance at the Disabled Person's Resource Centre, in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, which later became People With Disability Australia. He describes his work with the New South Wales Public Service from 1988-2006, and establishing Moxon, Green and Associates, a consultancy firm that carried out access auditing for the government and private sector. Moxon discusses his views regarding disability advocacy and euthanasia.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 5 May 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Moxon, John
  
• Subject
  Moxon, John--Interviews.
  People with disabilities--Interviews.
  People with disabilities--Attitudes.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20434555

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