A few years ago, curriculum specialist Richard Cairn showed a photo from the World War II era to two young men he was working with on a campaign to promote teaching disability history. The image shows ...

Features 8,000+ artifacts documenting disability rights and culture. Preserved office of founder Henry Viscardi Jr. highlights his advocacy work. Offers school field trips, workshops, group tours and ...

Polk State School & Hospital, later renamed Polk Center, is shown in this historical photo. Polk Center, in Venango County, was a state-run institution for people with disabilities that closed earlier ...

What is it like to lose your hearing, or your sight, or to return from war with a disability? Experience life in new ways this October as Bellevue College celebrates national Disability History Month ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The University of Georgia hosted the sixth annual Disability History Symposium at ...

Re-membering the past : reflections on disability histories / Susan Burch and Michael Rembis -- Part 1. Family, community, and daily life : part introduction and guiding questions. Disability, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Historically, the way a government treats disabled people can be an early indicator of its broader social policy ...

Nassau County will soon be home to the nation’s only museum dedicated to disability history. The museum will be housed in The Viscardi Center within the Kornreich Institute for Disability Studies and ...

DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It's something 1 in 10 Minnesotans live with every day: A disability. When it comes to how people with disabilities are treated, there's a grim history -— and the hope of a bright ...

St. ALBANS, W.Va. — The WV Disability History Essay Contest committee is sharing information and accepting entries for the 2025 Disability History Essay Contest in West Virginia. The submission ...