Eric J. Harvey In the middle of the 17th century BCE, there was a young blind girl living in the northern regions of the fading Old Babylonian empire. She was called Shinunutum, named after a small mountain bird with a striking song.[1] We know almost nothing of this girl, except that one day, shortly after… Continue Reading The Songbird: Linking Music and Blindness in Ancient Babylonia
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“HIS DOG IS HIS ‘EYE’”: The Guide Dog in Public Spaces and Transit, 1930-1970
Writing the first editorial for AllOfUs has not only been a joy, but it has also been an honor. What has always delighted me about disability history is how much our field owes its very existence to the initiative, labor, and commitment of generations of disabled people and disability rights movements across the world. AllOfUs came into existence because… Continue Reading “HIS DOG IS HIS ‘EYE’”: The Guide Dog in Public Spaces and Transit, 1930-1970