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  • Photo card of a Chinese dwarf.

    Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940)

    How’d You Like to be a Giant? For one hundred years (1840 – 1940) the freak show was one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Today the same shows…

  • Nazis, Eugenics, and the T-4 Program (1920-1950)

    It is not widely known that Hitler’s extermination policies began with the widespread killing of institutionalized disabled people in Germany in the 1940s, and that the eugenics theories that were…

  • Disabled protesters in the 1930s.

    Disability Militancy – the 1930s

    Sit-in at the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s (origin unknown). Background The 1930’s were a time of great social unrest and increasing militancy among what one historian has termed…

  • Disabled Women at the 4th World Conference on Women – 1995

    Beijing, China. In conjunction with the UN conference a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Forum on Women was held from August 30 through September 7. Disabled women organizers strategically scheduled the First…

  • Podcasts

    The Accessible Stall – Casual conversations and friendly arguments about both light and heavy everyday disability topics, with two good disabled friends who often have different takes on disability issues.…

  • A group of disabled teen girls gather on the lawn.

    Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

    This 2021 Oscar-nominated film features a group of teens with disabilities at a groundbreaking summer camp in the 1970s. The camp galvanizes the teens to help build a movement, forging…

  • Black Panther News: Handicapped Win Demands

    The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party

    In April 1977, disability activists around the country held protests to fight for the passage of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 of the Act stated that:…

  • Black Disabled Ancestors, by Leroy F. Moore Jr.

    Black Disabled Ancestors: 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…

  • Disability Visibility - Alice Wong

    Intersectional Disability Resources

    A great list of resources on intersectional disability – nonfiction, anthologies, websites, and podcasts – prepared by Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project and posted on Reclamation Press.

  • Harriet Tubman

    The Overlooked History of Black Disabled People

    By Vilissa Thompson, Rewire News Group What do Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Mary Davidson have in common? They were all important Black historical figures who made incredible strides in our nation’s ongoing struggle…