What is ability? Is it simply something you know when you see it? Examining the poor posture epidemic that gripped the U.S. in the 20th century, Beth Linker traces how good posture became constructed as a meaningful measure of ableness. Continue Reading Toward a History of Ableness
Tag: Disability History
‘None Should Be Diminished By Another’: The Southern Baptist Convention & the American With Disabilities Act
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