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- Collection: Disability History - Fall 2023
The Handicapped Win Demands - End H.E.W. OccupationIn April 1977, disability activists nationwide picketed or occupied the Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) offices to fight for the passage of…
The Americans with Disabilities Act
The Psychology of Control
The Signing of the ADAThe temperature had soared into the mid-90s on the south lawn of the White House as nearly 3,000 invited advocates and supporters of the Americans…
Some Observations on Mental Defectiveness and Mental Retardation among ChildrenThe source discusses the "mental defectiveness" among children in the early 1900s
Developmental disabilities services and facilities construction act of 1970. Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, second session ... June 9 and 10, 1970.A U.S. Bill that recounts the Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare. This piece mentions the topics discussed during these…
Meeting Sunday's Deadline on Disabled Access
Wells Fargo will have to spend between $5 million and $10 million to meet the short-term provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act,…
Veterans pose with their catch on the Malibu Pier, 1946In May of 1946, Paul Ellis sponsored a day of fishing on a charter boat off of Point Dume for disabled veterans housed at the Birmingham Veteran's…
Special Olympics Games 1968This image shows one of the 1968 "Chicago Special Olympics" Games held in Soldier Field. The 1968 Games brought around 1,000 athletes with…
Don LorenceThis image expresses a disabled individual's daily life through a grocery store.