Disability History and Culture Collective

The Disability History and Culture Collective was formed in March 2023 after the death of disability rights activist Judy Heumann. Our goal is to compile an online database of disability archives and resources; preserve physical collections; continue disability history research and oral histories; and disseminate disability history both online and in physical spaces.

We are in the process of reaching out to a wider more diverse group of disability rights and justice historians and activists and defining what activities need to take place to move our vision forward.

The project is seeking funds to implement our outreach strategy and to support communications, including a newsletter and website.

(Image: photo montage of disability history events - Haben Girma, first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School; Brad Lomax and Judy Heumann at the 504 protest in front of the White House; Harriet Tubman with her family; march for Deaf President Now; Capitol Crawl to pass the ADA.)