The first half of 2008 has seen two states pass Disability History Week/Month legislation, a historic step in educating youth about disabilities and the disability rights movement. In…
Affiliates
Museum of disABILITY History Virtual Museum
People Inc.
Important Links
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act Document Portal/ US Department of Education-NIDRR
The Center on Human Policy's Disability Studies for Teachers website:
www.disabilitystudiesforteachers.org/index.php
Tampa Mayor's Alliance for Persons with Disabilities
www.tampagov.net/dept_Mayor/Mayors_Alliance/famous_persons/index.asp
A Chronology of the Disability Rights Movements
National Council for Support of Disability Issues
Eugenics Archives
www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/branch.pl
National Museum of American History "The Disability Rights Movement"
www.americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights
The Disability History Association
Center for Independent Living
U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features:
The National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth
The Arc of the United States: History
http://www.thearc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=269&srcid=183
Disabled American Veterans
http://www.dav.org/about/history.html
Mental Health History Timeline: Middlesex University
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/MHHTim.htm
National Mental Health Association: History of the American Mental Health Movement
http://www1.nmha.org/about/history.cfm