Tag: Disability History

There are No Infirmities: Disability in Post-ADA Media

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In identifying disability as a category of legally protected civil rights, the ADA assert the rights of disabled people as consumers and workers. Disability’s presence within commercial media—especially tech ads—Bess Williamson argues, inadvertently erased disability as an identity category almost as soon as it appeared. Continue Reading There are No Infirmities: Disability in Post-ADA Media

The Digital Helen Keller Archive: A Powerful Educational Tool

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Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Foundation for the Blind began digitizing the largest collection of materials by and about Helen Keller. Archivist Helen Selsdon shares how the AFB has pioneered the most accessible archive currently available for educators and scholars. Continue Reading The Digital Helen Keller Archive: A Powerful Educational Tool