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The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University presents the documentary Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization from 9:30 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, December 19 at Rodef … [Read more...] about Valuing Lives documentary, panel discussion will be Dec. 19

In 1868, young Henry Bell came to Third United Presbyterian Church’s Mission Academy School. Henry was African American and deaf. The pastor solicited Pittsburgher William Drum, who was also deaf and … [Read more...] about Consortium members visit Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

The Pennhurst State School and Hospital in eastern Pennsylvania was shut down 30 years ago this November, but decades earlier, exposures of mistreatment and abuse made it an early setting in the … [Read more...] about Event commemorates 30th anniversary of closing of Pennhurst institution

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we're sharing thoughts from some Western Pennsylvanians about their personal experiences in the workplace and how to improve future job … [Read more...] about Learning from experience in the workplace 

The traveling exhibit “The Pennhurst Story—Tragedy to Disability Rights” will be on display at InVision Human Services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 2, 3, and 4. InVision is hosting the exhibit to … [Read more...] about Exhibit detailing history of Pennhurst institution comes to InVision in Wexford