Please share. All are welcome. Free event. The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium, in collaboration with the Senator John Heinz History Center, will host a symposium “We Count: Pennsylvanians with Disabilities and the Right to Vote" on Thursday, October 10, 1 to 4 pm, at the Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, in the Strip District. National … [Read more...]
Consortium on Comcast Newsmakers
Link to Video from Comcast Newsmakers: Untold Disability History Project Director Mary Hartley sits down with Sheila Hyland to discuss: the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium's work preserving and sharing disability history as well as some history of Polk State Center and its impending closure and the upcoming "We Count" voting event at Heinz History Center on October … [Read more...]
SAVE THE DATE for Consortium Voting Event on October 10th
Save October 10th 1-4 PM for a Voting Symposium Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium Event at Heinz History Center. We will be sharing more information soon about local, state and national speakers and partners as well as the link to register. … [Read more...]
Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium Receives National Recognition
This week the History Consortium received exciting news: "The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium has been selected to receive the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ 2019 Hervey B. Wilbur Historic Preservation Award. This award recognizes significant contributions to historic preservation of the archives of the field of intellectual and … [Read more...]
Closing of Hamburg Center brings Pennsylvania a Step Closer to Becoming an “Institution-Free” State
By Tina Calabro The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services closed Hamburg Center, a 60-year-old institution for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, on August 3. The facility, located in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania, had 80 residents who moved to smaller facilities and community homes over an 18-month transition period. At the peak of its operation, Hamburg … [Read more...]
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