Disability History

• The Arc - The First 50 Years
  A history of one of the earliest organizations dedicated to people with cognitive and developmental disabilities.
• Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
  Browse photos, papers, and data – including extensive collections from noted eugenicists.
• Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project
  The Disability History Project is a four hour documentary radio series about the shared experience of people with disabilities and their families since the beginning of the 19th century. This Web site includes excerpts from the Shows as well as many of the primary source documents - extended interviews, images, and texts- from which the on-air programs were developed.
• A Brief History of the Parent Advocacy Movement
  Gives a brief overview of the parent advocacy movement as it relates to special education.
• A Chronology Of The Disability Rights Movements
  A listing of important events in the disability rights movement going back to 1817.
• Deaf History
  Links to articles about the history of deafness.
• Disability History Museum
  A searchable, theme-based digital collection that exists only online-offering documents and images related to disability history in the United States, drawn from public and private collections around the country.
• The Disability Rights Movement
  From the National Museum of American History Virtual Exhibitions. This exhibit physically existed in the gallery from July 2000 to July 2001. Now it is only available on the web.
• Disability Social History Project
  The Disability History Project is a community history project that gives people with disabilities an opportunity reclaim their history and determine how they want to define themselves and their struggles.
• The History of the ADA: A Movement Perspective
  From the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund web site
  
• Historical Context of the Americans with Disabilities Act
  ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers

• Handicapped - from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  This brochure describes the Nazi treatment of handicapped people from 1933-1945.
  
• History of the IDEA
  From the US Department of Education
• History of Independent Living Movement
  From the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living

• A History of Section 504
  Historical articles and eye witness accounts.

• History of Special Education
  From the The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

• A Learning Disability History—United Kingdom
  Historical overview on the learning disability institution as well as being a resource for memorabilia and factual information on the three hospitals. Keep in mind that in the UK "Learning Disability" means what "cognitive disability" means in the United States.

• The Museum of disABILITY History
  Has a goal is to shed light on the under documented history of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• Parallels In Time: A History of Developmental Disabilities
  From the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities

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