Featured post this issue: Tools for Teaching the Disability Rights Movement: Classroom Friendly Video and Other Accessible Curriculum for Teaching the Disability Rights Movement Fea…
An array of powerful tools–some new–are now available to stimulate and support teaching about the Disability Rights Movement, focused on the 1970s through passage of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
On March 11, 2026 join Jill Rosenbaum, producer of the video "How Activists F…
Featured activity this issue: Disability and Young Voters: Access, Legislation and Mobilizing Young Voters - A National Civic Learning Week Discussion
Featured in this issue: National Council for the Social Studies passes Resolution Creating Inclusive Social Studies Classrooms for Students with Disabilities and supporting integration of disability history into the cu…
Featured November-December Teaching Resource: New Topical Student Research Guides on Disability History from Emerging America and Keene State College.
Featured October Blog Post: Supporting Teachers to Teach Disability History with Confidence: Lessons from New Jersey by Nicole Hansen, Christa S. Bialka and Teresa G. Wojcik.
In 2019, New Jersey became one of the first states in the nation to require that schools teach about the political, economic, and social contributions of people with disabilities. For too long, disability has either been invisible in curr…
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.
Updated 09/08/2025
Featured August-September Blog Post: Brad Lomax: The Disabled Black Panther Who Fought for Section 504 by Saphire Murphy.
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