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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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Explore National Disability History Resources

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  • The ADA Legacy Project and Tour
  • ADAPT Online Museum
  • African American Conference on Disabilities
  • Asylum Projects
  • The Attorney General Who Served Under Bush
  • Crip Camp
  • The Disability History Association
  • Disability History Museum
  • Disability Social History Project
  • EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability History in American History
  • Museum of Disability History
  • NAMI In Our Own Voice
  • National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth
  • Parallels in Time: A History of Developmental Disabilities
  • Smithsonian National Museum of American History
  • StoryCorps
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Willard Suitcases
  • Wolf Wolfensberger: A History of Human Services, Universal Lessons, and Future Implications

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