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The Dr. Carl F. Odhner Disabilities Resources Collection

The Carl F. Odhner Disabilities Resources Collection at Trexler Library is being made possible through contributions to the Carl F. Odhner Empowerment Through Education Fund. This endowed fund was established by the Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living Board of Directors as a way to continue Dr. Odhner's lifetime commitment to education and equality for people with disabilities.

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Who was Dr. Carl F. Odhner?

Carl F. Odhner (1928-1998) was stricken with polio at the age of nine weeks. He entered Good Shepherd Home as a patient at the age of fourteen and went on to be graduated from Allen High as a 'homebound' student never setting a wheel in the building. He went on to receive a bachelor's degree from the Academy of the New Church, 'because it just happened to have an accessible side entrance and an internal elevator.' Three years later, in 1960, Odhner drove himself to Southern Illinois University where he earned a Master's Degree in rehabilitation counseling. Returning to Allentown, he organized and served as the Director of Good Shepherd Vocational Services and was one of the founders of Operation Overcome of the Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. In 1990 he served as the first Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living. Odhner received an honorary doctorate from Muhlenberg College in 1991. Carl Odhner's lifelong advocacy for the handicapped and his vision of inclusive communities are being remembered today through the establishment of the Disabilities Resources collection.		   picture of Dr. Carl F. Odhner

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