Charlie Carr (activist)
Charlie Carr born 1953 in Everett, Massachusetts is a disability rights activist who became disabled after a diving accident in 1968. He was institutionalized for seven years and then "broke out" of Middlesex County Hospital in Waltham, MA upon the creation of the Boston Center for Independent Living in 1974. He was an early member and went on to start:
He was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission in 2007 by Gov. Deval Patrick and served for 8 years.
