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.
- Disability History—United Kingdom
This is a database of primary source material on Disability Activism and Self-Organization in the UK from its start in the late 60's to the present day. It includes original propaganda material—Activism Newsletters, leaflets, and press statements - and photographs covering the thirty year lifespan of the Disabled People's Civil Rights Movement.
- 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
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