Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Explore Western Pennsylvania Disability History Collections Supporters Program Honoring Black History & Disability History – Stories That Shape Our Future Individual Supporters Membership Form Donate Online Read Our Archived Newsletters Our Current Supporters Advisors Executive and Steering Committees Winter 2026 Newsletter Available Collaborative Multisensory Art Exhibit In Memory of Judy Barricella (June 30, 1947-November 14, 2022) Office of Developmental Programs Opens Door to Collection of Polk Center Artifacts Slippery Rock University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program names simulation lab after long-time volunteer Home Thank You for Advancing Disability History with Us This Year! In Memory of Paul O’Hanlon: Champion for Disability and Civil Rights Event Recap: Beyond History 2025 2025 Impact Report Beyond History: Framing the Past, Shaping the Future (10/22/2025) Our 2025 Impact Report is Here Our Projects Paul O’Hanlon Memorial Gathering Historic Resources Shirley Pickens: director, Polk Center, 2008-2020 Danny Flavin: interview with sisters of Danny Flavin, who lived for 56 years at Polk State Center Kate Bayer: special education teacher, Polk State Center, early 1970s Paul Dick: accessible transportation advocate Media Items Paul O’Hanlon, Kathleen Peer Kleinmann, and Brenda Dare: disability rights advocates and childhood residents of the Memorial Home for Crippled Children Father George Strohmeyer, co-founder of L’Arche Erie & Mary Ann Zarnick, long-time staff member Nancy Murray, disability rights leader, and her daughter, Marisa Niwa Randy Gorske of Crawford County and M.J. Bartelmay of Mercer County: Western PA disability rights leaders Ceil Belasco and Liz Healey: advocates for inclusive education in the Pittsburgh Public Schools Wrongs to Rights: Fifty Years of Progress for People with Disabilities, by Robert Nelkin People-First Disability Advocacy: Melva Fair’s Life Work Want to keep seeing our newsletter and other information? Press Release: Transforming Community Living: A Virtual Event Promoting Inclusion and Empowerment Webinar downloads from “Medical Safeguarding: Address Vulnerability in Medical Settings” Webinar Resources from “The Camera’s Eye: Telling the Story of Disability Through the Power of Film” Summer 2022 issue of Pennsylvania History Magazine dedicated to disability history March 30, 2022: 9th Annual Disability & Change Symposium November 9, 2022: The Intersectionality of Race and Disability (with Alonna Carter-Donaldson) January 20-21: Alonna Carter to present “The Intersection of Race and Disability Project” at the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit WPDHAC Celebrates Black History Month 2023! Project Scholar Alonna Carter-Donaldson Participating in “The Role of Oral History: Disability Voices Rising” Panel on February 22 Judy Barricella Memorial Service on February 22, 2023 WPDHAC Project Scholar Presented “The Intersection of Race and Disability Project” at January 2023 Racial Justice Summit Disability Pride: Weekend Under the Tent (August 26, 2023) ReelAbilities Film Festival (September 7-13)