Published on Thu, 08/07/2025
Brad Lomax is a disabled man who is the leading reason we have Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but most likely, you don’t know who he is. You don’t have to be embarrassed or ashamed because not many people know of Lomax and his contributions to Disability Rights.
Published on Fri, 08/01/2025
Featured August Blog Post: Brad Lomax: The Disabled Black Panther Who Fought for Section 504 by Saphire Murphy.
Published on Wed, 06/11/2025
We are proud to share this excellent overview summary of disability history!
Published on Sat, 05/31/2025
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Published on Thu, 03/06/2025
In Mikaël Ross’s graphic novel The Thud, the main character Noel, who has a developmental disability and has just arrived at a care facility in Germany, learns from an older woman named Irma about how her brother once told her the story of how the buses came to take disabled children. He was later taken himself and the Nazis killed him at one of Adolf Hitler’s so-called medical centers.
Published on Sat, 03/01/2025
Published on Sun, 02/02/2025
The engravings on the right of two young women are haunting. Aside from the clothing, these faces could easily be high school or college students today. Yet these images appeared in the New York Tribune in 1912 under the headline, “Eugenists Would Improve Human Stock by Blotting Out Blood Taints,” with the subheading, “Menaces to Society.” These women represent the millions of targets of eugenics.
Published on Sat, 02/01/2025
February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights
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