Mike Davis

‘None Should Be Diminished By Another’: The Southern Baptist Convention & the American With Disabilities Act

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The Southern Baptist Convention has supported disabled rights since the late 1970s. As Michael A. Davis shows, however, the SBC’s support for the ADA came with limits to the kinds of accommodations they were willing to make. Continue Reading ‘None Should Be Diminished By Another’: The Southern Baptist Convention & the American With Disabilities Act

Claiming the Skies: The Wright Brothers and Autistic Representation

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Like feminist scholars and LGBT scholars before us, scholars of disability history want a usable disabled past. This shared desire comes from similar roots. Disability has long been erased from the historical record, whether because said disability was seen as a shameful secret, or whether that disability was not recognized for what it was by… Continue Reading Claiming the Skies: The Wright Brothers and Autistic Representation