Key Highlights
- Kafka was an organizer with ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today), a group which advocates for policy change to support people with disabilities.
- Mark Johnson, co-founder of ADAPT and a longtime friend of Kafka who confirmed his death, told NPR Kafka's advocacy was as much about changing laws as it was changing lives.
- "Maybe it was helping somebody tie their shoes and the next moment, maybe it was helping feed them, or maybe it was raising money through the fun run, or maybe it was negotiating with federal officials," said Johnson.
- Kafka was born in New York City, but spent most of his life in Texas.
- He was an Army veteran and fought in the Vietnam War.
