Tue, 07/08/2025
Keene State College (KSC) received a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) project grant in October, 2024. Link to the project announcement.
July 8, 2025 - Teach Disability History Conference - Keene State College - Keene, New Hampshire
- K-12 teachers, instructors of pre-service teachers, disability historians, disability studies educators, and disability rights advocates from across the U.S. will meet to discuss ways to expand and strengthen the teaching of stories of disability history in K-12 schools.
- ASL and CART provided for all presentations.
- The conference is free thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.
- Lunch will be provided in a Keene State cafeteria.
- Teachers and disability advocates will receive $100 stipends to help with travel or other costs. Apply with registration.
- Register for the conference and apply for the teacher / disability advocate $100 stipend.
Project partners will host the annual conference at the Harkin Institute at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa (2026), and at the University of Texas at Arlington (2027).
Learn more about the Teaching Disability History project at Keene State College, supported by a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.
Photo by Tom Olin. See the EveryBody online exhibit of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.