The Consortium remembers the life and work of noted disability rights lawyer Thomas K. Gilhool, born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and who passed away August 22, 2020, in Boston. Mr. Gilhool’s career focused on the rights of the disenfranchised, including the disabled community and communities of color.  As lead council in both Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of … [Read more...]

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:00 - 7:30 pm From Exclusion to Autonomy: The History and Future of Accessible Transportation in Western Pennsylvania Register online for this event   Remember to register to join the Heinz History Center and the Western Pennsylvania Disability History & Action Consortium on Thursday, October 8, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm, as we celebrate 30 years of the … [Read more...]

ROUGH EDITED COPY "WE COUNT": PENNSYLVANIANS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DISABILITY HISTORY AND ACTION CONSORTIUM HEINZ HISTORY CENTER, MUELLER CENTER PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15222 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 * * * CART CAPTIONING*PROVIDED BY: ADVANCED REALTIME CAPTIONING SOLUTIONS, LLC [email protected] 412 513 6219 * * * * * This is … [Read more...]

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...]