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Lois recently passed on November 3, 2022. Her legacy lives on, and she rests in power.

Read more about her here:

https://www.able-sc.org/resource-library/community/the-life-and-legacy-of-lois-curtis/

#DisabilityHistory #DisabilityRights #BlackMastodon #BlackArtist #ArtistsOfColor

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Lois was an amazing self advocate and disability activist that put the voices of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the forefront. A group that isnt't always respected in the wider disability community. she explemified the transformative power of Intellectually & Devopmental Disabled people.

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Let me tell you about Lois Curtis. a #DisabilitlyRights Icon

Lois Curtis is a Black womam with an intellectual disability who was the force behind the Olmstead Decision. she sued the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Tommy Olmstead and the courts ruled in her favor that people with mental disabilites have a right to live in their communities instead of institutions, and have the right to live in the least restrictive setting possible

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Airacast Episode 47
Always On Access

Imagine just going to a museum exhibit or cultural event and not having to ask for accommodations. Lisa Sonneborn, Director, Media Arts and Culture, Institute on Disabilities,Temple University, tells us about an upcoming “pop-up” event.

“File/Life: We Remember Stories from Pennhurst” 
April 20 - 23
Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA is an interactive experience chronicling an important piece of disability history.

Follow the progress of this event at https://instagram.com/mac_iod.
Listen here:
https://pnc.st/s/airacast/7d7eed59/airacast-episode-47-always-on-access
Or in your podcast player of choice.
#VisualInterpreting #BlindMastodon #AiraAccessNetwork #mac_Iod #TempleUniversity #AccessibleMuseum #disabilityhistory

Made a fascinating visit to the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville yesterday. It has several museum galleries about its own history, the history of producing books for those with vision loss (in print and talking books), as well as a tour of its modern-day printing operations. Pictured is one of the first books printed by Louis Braille using his raised-text system. #DisabilityHistory #PrintingHistory

@histodons REPAIR: Disability Heritage Collective has published a fantastic series of digital case studies on queer and trans history (as it relates to the history of disability) at a Minnesota reformatory in the mid-1900s. I'm grateful to Laura Leppink and @skpawlicki for inviting me to contribute research.

There are five story maps in the collection; they start here:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/041501ef74594e769d6f0e467b31d09a

#QueerHistory #TransHistory #DisabilityHistory #PrisonHistory #histodons #DigitalHumanities

Got a nice write up from my university about my current project #autism #autisme #WorldAustismDay #DisabilityHistory https://www.iun.edu/news/2023/jonathyne-briggs-austim-research-book.htm

#disability #disabilityHistory #DisabilityActivism https://judithheumann.com/the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-judy-heumann-disability-rights-activist/

How were prominent figures who had physical disabilities treated at court in early modern England? Dr Andrew Thrush looks at how figures such as Robert Cecil and Charles I engaged with court while facing barriers from their peers👉 http://ow.ly/MGZc50LmBT5 #DisabilityHistory @histodon #CharlesI #EarlyModern

Hey #Canada #Superbowl weekend is a great time to remember and learn about @CFL alumni and double leg amputee, Karl Hilzinger #DisabilityHistory #Waramps
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RT @TheWarAmps
#TBT Watch @CFL alumni and double leg amputee, Karl "Karlo" Hilzinger, teach a group of Champs how to ski at @MontTremblant! http://www.waramps.ca/about-us/history/#karl-1976
https://twitter.com/TheWarAmps/status/976817012558192641

My kind of weekend: a good book in front of the fireplace, lost in the Portuguese countryside. #histodon #histodons #books #disabilityhistory #weneedweekendstoo

Dr Margaret Agerholm was a key figure in disability rights campaigning. An expert in her field, she worked closely with parliamentarians to influence change, which is how #HistParl's @EmmeLedgerwood came across Agerholm's name... Find out👇 #IDWGIS http://ow.ly/7kc450LWnlR

#DisabilityHistory #InternationalDayForWomenAndGirlsInScience

Found another blind woman writer, Ângela do Amaral Rangel (b. 1725). Looking for her works now! #research #histodons #histodon #disabilityhistory #womenshistory

This is the week of AFIRSE (Association Francophone Internationale de Recherche Scientifique en Education) 2023 - Espaços Educativos, Políticas, Práticas,Atores e Aprendizagens, at the Education Institute, in Lisbon. I'm speaking friday: O Asilo-Escola António Feliciano de Castilho: interseção de actores e espaços educativos num gesto pedagógico inclusivo. #histodon #histodons #XIXthcentury #histed #disabilityhistory

Just got access to wonderful photos of the dormitory and dining hall of the first portuguese school for blind children, Asilo-Escola António Feliciano de Castilho, founded 1888. They were on our National Archives. This is a scattered archive, the institution doesnt have anything anymore, so I have to wander around the possible sites to find the wanted documents. #histodon #histodons #histed #disabilityhistory #notallthosewhowanderarelost

Creating, archiving and exhibiting disability history: The oral histories of disability activists of the Carleton University Disability Research Group

Therese Jennissen
Dominique Marshall
Chris Trainor
Beth Robertson

#Archives #Histodon #DisabilityHistory #OralHistory #DisabilityActivists #OpenAccess

https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/12909

#History #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #1990s #eugenics #anti-euthanasia #disabled #PersonsWithDisabilities #PwD #PeopleFirst #Activism #ActivistHistory #USA #Canada Edit: and #Britain I'm trying to remember all the countries that were involved/wrote pieces for Mouth, but I'll have to read them all again. It was pretty much international though.

#History #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #1990s #eugenics #anti-euthanasia #disabled #PersonsWithDisabilities #PwD #PeopleFirst #Activism #ActivistHistory #USA #Canada Edit: and #Britain I'm trying to remember all the countries that were involved/wrote pieces for Mouth, but I'll have to read them all again. It was pretty much international though.

Almost at the end of the week, starting to follow the footsteps of Delfina Benigna da Cunha, a blind portuguese poet from the 18th century. #histodon #histodons #histed #disabilityhistory

#ICYMI, last year Dr Emmeline Ledgerwood researched a key figure in disability rights campaigning: Dr Margaret Agerholm. Find out more about Dr Agerholm's work below👇
https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/helping-the-disabled-to-live-to-capacity-rediscovering-dr-margaret-agerholm-through-parliamentary-history/

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