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The Struggle for Disability Rights - Overview of Disability History

Published on Wed, 06/11/2025

Ed Roberts, a smiling man with dark hair and beard is strapped into his wheelchair. He is speaking into a microphone.

The Struggle for Disability Rights: From Objects of Reform to Advocates for Equality

Published in the National History Day 2026 Theme Book - June, 2025

 

Overview article on disability history for teachers and secondary students.

We are proud to share this excellent overview summary of disability history!

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - May 2025

Published on Thu, 05/01/2025

A newspaper photograph shows dozens of members of the League of the Physically Handicapped in around a truck that they drove from New York to Washington to demand access to WPA jobs.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - April 2025

Published on Tue, 04/01/2025

Inaccessible curb, mid-20th century. A wheelchair is rolled right up to the edge.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - March 2025

Published on Sat, 03/01/2025

A diverse group of ADAPT activist surround a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. The activists are young and old, black and white, ambulatory and wheelchair users. The group is gathered around the base of the statue, most of them are sitting around it in a clump. Other activists in the background are at the entrance of a building, showing the lack of accessibility to wheelchair users via the building's steps.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - February 2025

Published on Sat, 02/01/2025

Eugenists would improve human stock by blotting out blood taints. Menaces to society. Images show adults with developmental disabilities and claims their "mental" ages range from 6 to 8. Text from the news article argues for examining couples prior to marriage and sterilizing those deemed "unfit".

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - January 2025

Published on Wed, 01/01/2025

Photos of civil rights leaders across the centuries. List at bottom of page.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Professional Development Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

January Featured Blog Post - Primary Sources: Demonstrating the Power of the Community - "Whose Independence," a lesson by Cheryl-Anne Amendola

 

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Reform to Equal Rights - Disability History Curriculum

The Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum includes 250 primary sources in 23 lessons in seven units. Inclusive lessons feature Universal Design for Learning strategies and exemplary assessments. Lesson content facilitates integration into many regular K-12 topics. Skill and language development addresses C-3 History and Social Science frameworks as well as Educating for American Democracy Roadmap themes. Developed with Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant with additional support from Mass Humanities. 

Emerging America's Inclusive History News - December 2024

Published on Mon, 12/02/2024

A diverse group of disability activists smile and pose. Five wear Teach Disability History sweatshirts. Two use wheelchairs. All wear conference badges.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Professional Development Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

December Featured Blog Post: The Movement to Teach Disability History Comes Together - includes The Need Remains: 2024 Teacher Survey Results

 

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The Movement to Teach Disability History Comes Together

Published on Mon, 12/02/2024

Three men stand and one uses his wheelchair posing in front of a conference poster on teaching disability history.

Efforts to Advance Teaching of Disability History Converge

Through the years, I have attend many uplifting annual conferences of the National Council for the Social Studies. Yet the November 22-24, 2024 conference set a new high for new energy and focus on teaching disability history. Interest in workshops and posters on disability history attracted strong participation.

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