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March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. This year's theme is See Me For Me. You can follow or post related news and events on social media using … [Read more...] about March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

Have you looked at our Facebook page lately? You can take two simple steps to help spread news by and about the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium. If you are active … [Read more...] about Visit us on Facebook; share our posts with friends

In January, NPR did a series of reports on a largely hidden epidemic of sexual assault against people with intellectual disabilities. Previously unreleased numbers obtained by NPR from the U.S. … [Read more...] about NPR report uncovers sexual assault epidemic among people with intellectual disabilities

A talk at the October Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) tackled how archives can make their collections more accessible to people with disabilities. Sierra Green, archivist at the … [Read more...] about Session tackles accessibility of online museum archives—issues and solutions

Sierra Green and Emily Ruby of the Heinz History Center recently met with Aaron and Chris Noschese at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf to discuss preservation. Green, Ruby, and Chris … [Read more...] about Heinz archivists share expertise with Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

On December 11, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed the Employment First legislation long supported by disability advocates. The bill now moves to the Pennsylvania Senate as Senate Bill … [Read more...] about Employment First bill passes Pa. House, moves to Senate