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 cam…
Date: Mar 6 2025
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“Completely Healthy Children” - The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust
By Wyatt Edwards
Date: Mar 1 2025
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Inclusive History News
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News of the Field
Disability History News & Resources
Events @ Emerging America
Other Events
Teaching Resources
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March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards
Date: Feb 2 2025
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The Dehumanizing Effects of Eugenics: Disability History Lesson Plan
By Rich Cairn
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 sub…
Date: Feb 1 2025
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Inclusive History News
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News of the Field
Disability History News & Resources
Events @ Emerging America
Other Events
Teaching Resources
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February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights
Date: Jan 1 2025
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Inclusive History News
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News of the Field
Disability History News & Resources
Events @ Emerging America
Other Professional Development Events
Teaching Resources
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January Featured Blog Post - Primary Sources: Demonstrating the Power of the Community - "Whose Independence," a lesson by Cheryl-Anne Amendola
Date: Dec 16 2024
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Teaching About the Disabled People’s Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence
By CherylAnne Amendola
"Whose Independence?" 5th grade lesson features reflections of the U.S. Declaration, including the 1989 Disabled People's Bill of Rights & Declaration of Independence - Cheryl Anne Amendola - National Middle Level Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2023. Link to slides from the lesso…
Date: Dec 2 2024
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Inclusive History News
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News of the Field
Disability History News & Resources
Events @ Emerging America
Other Professional Development Events
Teaching Resources
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December Featured Blog Post: The Movement to Teach Disability History Comes Together - includes The Need Remains: 2024 Teacher Survey Results
Date: Dec 2 2024
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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. And my walk through th…
Date: Nov 16 2024
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Support for Teaching Disability History
Find up to date program details on teaching disability history on this page.
Keene State College (KSC) is pleased to announce a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant for a project to advance: Teaching Disability History in Rural Communities: Primary Source Investigations by ALL Learners. Awarded to KSC in September, the…
Date: Nov 3 2024
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Explore Disability History at the NCSS Conference
Scheduled workshops on disability history:
The team from the #TeachDisabilityHistory Easterseals and Emerging America – Desi Forte, Rich Cairn, and young adult disability activists – will co-present a workshop: How to integrate voices of people with disabilities into the curriculum. They will demonstrate activities and curriculum for s…