The Long Island facility is fully accessible and features 14 portals that peer into different moments in disability history.

A one-of-a-kind museum chronicling disability history is reopening after a five-year hiatus in a new, bigger space that's ...

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 ...

Introduction / Michael Rembis, Catherine Kudlick, and Kim E. Nielsen -- Part I. Concepts and questions. The perils and promises of disability biography / Kim E. Nielsen -- Disability history and Greco ...

The California State Assembly recently passed a resolution declaring the second week of October 2010 as Disability History Week. The University of California will observe Disability History Week this ...

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 ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 5, 1978 file photo, a group of blind persons and others picket in front of the Federal Aviation Administration Building in Washington to protest an FAA regulation that ...

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 ...

This interdisciplinary minor examines disability from perspectives in health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Gaining a well-rounded understanding of disability history, rights, and lived ...

October is Disability History and Awareness Month in Delaware. As the month nears its close – somehow – a few packed informational events are on the horizon for families across the state this week. In ...