#DisabilityHistory

Thread:1.What does disability offer as a category of historical analysis? Why does #DisHist matter?Here is an eg:Born in Sardinia, Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) lived with physical disability, possibly due to Pott's
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#MuseumsUnlocked #Disabilty This is Roger Smith. He worked as a weaver in Norwich. After he damaged his eyes he moved to London and performed as a bell-ringer in a small
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24 day #ADA30, important to highlight a difficult & frequently ignored topic, society labeling us a vulnerable pop. that needs to be protected. Society created a system where we become
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Thread for #BlackHistoryMonth on #blackdisabilityhistory:1.In 1971, Louis D Mitchell wrote a piece in the @NAACP’s The Crisis mag titled ‘The Blackness of Blindness’, a fascinating piece on the genesis/
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