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Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium

Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium

Honoring the historic struggle of Western Pennsylvanians with disabilities to attain human and civil rights.

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Dr. Dennis Downey Wins Historic Preservation Award

01/24/2023

WPDHAC Steering Committee member Dennis Downey, Ph.D., professor of history emeritus at Millersville University, has won the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental … [Read more...] about Dr. Dennis Downey Wins Historic Preservation Award

In Memory of Judy Barricella (June 30, 1947-November 14, 2022)

01/20/2023

The Western Pennsylvania disability lost a leading disability rights advocate when Judy Barricella passed away on November 14, 2022. (Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette obituary here or download a PDF … [Read more...] about In Memory of Judy Barricella (June 30, 1947-November 14, 2022)

Paul O’Hanlon, Kathleen Peer Kleinmann, and Brenda Dare – disability rights advocates and childhood residents of the Memorial Home for Crippled Children

01/18/2023

Video not displaying correctly? Watch it on YouTube. In an era when children with physical disabilities received care and therapy in residential facilities, such as Memorial Home for Crippled … [Read more...] about Paul O’Hanlon, Kathleen Peer Kleinmann, and Brenda Dare – disability rights advocates and childhood residents of the Memorial Home for Crippled Children

The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Marilyn McKinney (1947-2004)

01/18/2023

By Alonna Carter-Donaldson, Project Scholar Marilyn McKinney was born Marilyn Major on December 9, 1947, to Doctor Cero Major and Annis V. Major in Detroit, Michigan. Marilyn excelled as a … [Read more...] about The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Marilyn McKinney (1947-2004)

The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Milton “Skip” Henderson, Sr. (1961-2019)

12/07/2022

By Alonna Carter-Donaldson, Project Scholar “Life’s most persistent question is, what are you doing for others?”- Martin Luther King Jr. Milton Henderson, Sr. was born on September 16, 1961. A … [Read more...] about The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Milton “Skip” Henderson, Sr. (1961-2019)

The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Henry C. Bell

11/01/2022

By Alonna Carter-Donaldson Note: Throughout the article the word “deaf” has been represented as capitalized to represent a group of people who identify as a member of the Deaf culture, while the … [Read more...] about The Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Henry C. Bell

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