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About Disability Pride Month As July arrives, we recognize Disability Pride Month - a time to honor the history, experiences, and contributions of people with disabilities. First observed in … [Read more...] about Honoring Disability Pride Month: A Time to Reflect and Celebrate

Save the date! We’re turning 10 this year and you're invited to help us celebrate! Join us on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, for Beyond History: Framing the Past, Shaping the Future, a celebration … [Read more...] about Save the Date: “Beyond History” 2025 – A Celebration 10 Years in the Making

We’re pleased to share this free, in-person event hosted by FISA Foundation, highlighting the power of disability advocacy, then and now. “Change, Not Charity” Documentary Screening + … [Read more...] about “Change Not Charity” Film Screening on June 17 hosted by FISA Foundation

On April 27, 2025, Sierra Green, senior outreach archivist at Heinz History Center and member of the Consortium's Steering Committee, presented a talk about sharing special education historic … [Read more...] about Treasures in the Archives: Special Education in the Archives

Bill Chrisner, a founding member of the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium who has been at the forefront of disability rights for nearly six decades, participated in an oral … [Read more...] about Bill Chrisner: On the Front Lines of Advocacy

Remembering a Forgotten Chapter of the Holocaust Today, we join people around the world in observing Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which began at sunset yesterday, April 23, and continues … [Read more...] about Honoring History, Defending the Future: Disability Rights and Yom HaShoah