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Intersectional Disability ResourcesA great list of resources on intersectional disability - nonfiction, anthologies, websites, and podcasts - prepared by Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project and posted on Reclamation Press. For Black History Month:The Overlooked History of Black Disabled People, by Vilissa Thompson Black disability history matters because without us putting our voices and very bodies on the line, the political and societal strides many of us take for granted would not have occurred. Black Disabled Ancestors: A new book by Leroy F. Moore Jr. "We say that our ancestors are resting in peace but I argue that our Black Disabled Ancestors can’t rest in peace because their stories are incomplete and have a lot to teach us today. Black disabled people have ancestors who left knowledge, art, music, culture, politics and a lot of pain for us to pick up, build on, and to tell the harsh truth." The Tragic Story of America’s First Black Music StarThomas Wiggins, an African-American musician marketed as ‘Blind Tom’, had a lucrative career—but saw none of the profits himself. 504 Protest and the Black Panther PartySee the May 7, 1977 edition of the Black Panther Party newspaper that describes the 504 protests and the support the Party provided. The History of Deaf PrintersStarting in the mid 1800s and for well over a century, a large number of Deaf people were employed in the printing industry because they could tolerate the high level of noise produced by printing machines. Black Deaf Americans: History, Culture, and EducationThe University of Oregon's Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) has an exhibit focusing on Black Deaf Americans. Black Deaf people have one of the most unique cultures in the world. The Black Deaf Community is largely shaped by two cultures and communities: Deaf and African-American. Disability History/Archives ConsortiumDHAC's newsletter (Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2019) is available online. Black Disability History Twitter Chat - February 28, 2018Vilissa K. Thompson, Imani Barbarin and Neal Carter are co-hosting a Twitter chat on Black disability history. The Disability Visibility Project® will be playing a supporting role in this chat. All are welcome to participate, in particular Black disabled people and disabled people of color. Details Kenny Fries Reading TourDuring September-November 2017, Poet and Author Kenny Fries toured and read from his new books — In the Province of the Gods and In the Gardens of Japan. "Kenny Fries’ newest memoir, In the Province of the Gods (University of Wisconsin Press, September 2107), is an achingly beautiful and intricately-woven personal narrative. It is, also, a book of active and insistent interrogation—a book that engages the very notion of uncertainty even as it seeks to answer its author’s evolving and increasingly urgent questions." – Julia Bouwsma Also, see a recent article by Fries in the New York Times: The Nazis’ First Victims Were the Disabled, 13 September 2017. Interesting Stuff on the WebCode of the FreaksSupport this film in production: In an unprecedented look inside the disabled community, Code of the Freaks gives the mic to some of Hollywood’s most incensed and ignored critics. The Robert Bogdan Disability Collection(January 2018) Yale University’s Medical Historical Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of an important collection of ephemera, photographs, and rare books related to disability, the Robert Bogdan Disability Collection. Fred's Head from APHOn Thursdays, this blog from American Printing House cites an event in blind history. For example, Perkins Details a Catastrophic Event from 1917 that Changed the Treatment of Blindness and An Early Math Aid. New Book: The Fearless Benjamin LayRediker, Marcus. The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Boston: Beacon Press, 2017 Media and DisabilityA Deaf Journalist in Nigeria Fights to Advance Disability Rights: Julius Shemang, a journalist and the Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities Kaduna State, has been at the forefront of the call for a disability rights law in Nigeria, Medium,September 15, 2016 Amina Azimi — Raising the Voices of the Disabled in Afghanistan: A disabled journalist advocates for the rights of people with disabilities. Medium, March 25, 2016 The Long Road to a Brighter Future: Can news and information pave the way to a better life for people with disabilities in China?, Medium, September 16, 2015 Information is Critical for People with Disabilities: Disabled Somalis fight to get their voices heard in a country fraught with challenges, Medium, March 19, 2015 Black Disability History 2016From Lead on Network, for Black History month: profiles of Black disability history activists, including Anita Cameron, Social Justice and Social Change Activist. A Look Back: The People’s SidewalksDesigning Berkeley’s Wheelchair Route, 1970-1974, Boom, Spring 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 Telethons Spectacle, Disability, and the Business of CharityPublished posthumously in January 2016, a new book by Paul Longmore - Telethons: Spectacle, Disability, and the Business of Charity. Provides the first cultural history of a fundraising form that became a fixture in American life, marshalling two decades' worth of painstaking research. Investigates familiar staples of the telethon such as "poster children," the comedic emcee, and the concept of "conspicuous contribution." Serves as a chronicle of disability history in the postwar US, charting the changing depiction of the disabled from objects of pity in the Fifties and Sixties to figures of empowerment in the late twentieth century. Little Known Black History Fact: Elizabeth Suggs, Early 20th Century Author with Brittle Bones Disorder (1876 – 1908)From what little is known about her, Eliza was the youngest of her siblings, and was born to former slaves who lived in Bureau County, Illinois near the town of Providence. It was discovered that she had brittle bones four months after her birth, when she experienced her first series of fractures. Eliza seemed to have had a more severe form of OI, and her bones would break from the slightest movements. Patient No MorePeople with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability invites you to discover a remarkable, overlooked moment in U.S. history when people with disabilities occupied a government building to demand their rights. Known as the “Section 504 Sit-In,” the protest profoundly changed the lives of people with and without disabilities, and paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. (Explore the exhibit) Nazi disabled victims memorial unveiled in BerlinFrom the BBC, September 2, 2014: A glass monument has been publicly opened in Berlin to 300,000 victims of the Nazis with mental and physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. The 24m-long (80ft) blue, glass wall is in front of the Berlin Philharmonie building, where the office housing the Nazi "euthanasia" programme once stood. It is the fourth monument in the German capital to victims of the Nazis. In the past 10 years, memorials have been erected to Jewish, Roma (Gypsy) and gay victims. (Read more) The dwarves of AuschwitzFrom the March 22, 2013 edition of The Guardian, a story of a family of dwarves snatched from the gas chamber by Josef Mengele. The Olimpias Performance Research ProjectsThe Olimpias is an artists' collective and a performance research series. The artists explore art/life, cross-genre participatory practices, arts for social change and disability culture work. Disability History Images on Flickr:
H-Madness is intended as a resource for scholars interested in the history of madness, mental illness and their treatment (including the history of psychiatry, psychotherapy, and clinical psychology and social work). It's Our Story – a national initiative to make disability history public and accessible – over 1,000 video interviews from disability leaders across the country. Polio Oral History Project - the American West Center at the University of Utah is developing an oral history record of Polio survivors and clinicians who treated Polio. Disability History Week Campaign - from YO! Youth Organizing Disabled and Proud Listen to Ever Lee Hairston's speech at the conference of the National Federation of the Blind of California in October 2009 My Whole Expanse I Cannot See… – the blog of Michael Phillips, a writer from Tampa, FL. who doesn’t walk nor breathe without the assistance of machines. Books and Articles on Disability HistoryVanHole, Nick. “Shared Consciousness: A Social History of Tourette Syndrome and its Treatments.” University of Montana, 2012. (Download a PDF of the thesis) - This original history tracks how the shared public circumstances and treatment choices of people with tics and Tourette syndrome have changed over time and draws historical significance from the increasing practice of complementary and alternative therapies in recent years. Marcus, Neil. Special Effects: Advances in Neurology
VideoDisabled Women: Visions and Voices from the 4th World Conference on Women Disability Projects on the WebEducation for Disability and Gender Equity, a high school curriculum incorporating disability and gender issues into humanities and science THE CHAIR: Holocaust Memorial to Disabled People |
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