Charlie Carr (born 1953 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a disability rights activist who became disabled after a diving accident in 1968.
[citation needed] He was institutionalized for seven years and then left Middlesex County Hospital in Waltham, MA upon the creation of the Boston Center for Independent Living in 1974.
[1] He was an early member and went on to start: He was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission in 2007[5] by Gov.
Deval Patrick, and served for eight years.