Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks
Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks

Stanley Yarnell and Emily Smith Beitiks

Recorded October 23, 2014 Archived October 23, 2014 43:58 minutes
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Description

Stanley Yarnell (66) talks with Emily Smith Beitiks (31) about being a physician and living with disabilities. Stanley describes where he grew up, how he became blind, training with a cane, becoming a disability advocate, experiencing job discrimination and how being in the medical profession as a person living with disabilities has given him a unique perspective.

Subject Log / Time Code

2:20
SY talks about being a doctor and working in San Francisco
2:50
SY shares about how he lost his sight at age 20 from Optic Neuritis
6:15
SY talks about how he trained with a cane before entirely losing his sight
10:30
SY shares about how he let people know he was visually impaired at work and how it impacted his career
13:15
SY talks about being let go from his position at work because of his visual impairment
19:45
SY talks about working with patients who were living with disabilities
21:00
SY shares about some of the people and practices at the medical center
24:00
SY describes a patient who kept referring others living with the late effects of polio to him
30:15
SY shares about being influenced by his patients who had been living with disabilities for a long time
32:50
SY shares about what happened after the lawsuit and about some of his personal accomplishments

Participants

  • Stanley Yarnell
  • Emily Smith Beitiks

Recording Locations

SFPL

Venue / Recording Kit

Partnership

Partnership Type

Outreach