Intellectual disability Archives

Curating Medieval Mental Disability

Kisha G. Tracy on April 22, 2020August 21, 2023

During my sabbatical in the spring of 2019, I visited the Hayward Gallery in London. At that time, they were hosting Kader Attia’s exhibit “The Museum of Emotion.” I was drawn to this particular exhibit because of its dual description of engaging with how Western cultures continue to view non-Western cultures through the lens of… Continue Reading Curating Medieval Mental Disability

Intellectually Disabled Children and the 1924 Immigration Act

admin and Janet Golden on March 5, 2020July 1, 2020

In December of 1922 and January 1923, members of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization met to consider “the admission of mentally defective children” as they worked to write and enact what would become the 1924 Immigration Act. Albert Johnson (R-WA), architect of the 1924 Act (which became known as the Johnson-Reed Act) chaired… Continue Reading Intellectually Disabled Children and the 1924 Immigration Act