 | "WE CAN’T CLOSE IT YET”: HOW DISCOURSE POSITIONS PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
A journal article that studies how people with intellectual disabilities are viewed in Manitoba, Canada. |
| A History of Mental Retardation: A Quarter Century of Promise
A history of mental retardation: 1960 - 1984. |
| A New Way of Thinking: More Than Twenty Years Later
A sequel to the 1987 document, A New Way of Thinking, which reviewed the history of service changes for people with developmental disabilities. This document continues to review this history up to the present time. |
| Away From the Public Gaze
This is an extensive document that chronicles the history of the Fairview institution in Oregon and the experiences of the residents. |
| Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation
This book is a classic photo essay of living conditions in institutions. It was first published in 1964 and was a foundational work in reform efforts.
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| Disability History Wall
A 22-panel poster exhibit tracing over 2000 years of disability history. |
| Forging a Federal State Partnership
This is a study of the changes in public policy toward persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities over the past fifty years. |
| Good Blood, Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks
A book that tells the true story of the Kallikak Family. |
| Honoring Eunice Shriver's Legacy in Intellectual Disability
A journal article that highlights the work and influence of Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the field of intellectual disability. Her work spans more than 50 years. |
| Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States
A history of intellectual disability (formerly mental retardation) in the United States. |
| Living in the Freedom World: Personal Stories of Living in the Community by People Who Once Lived in Oklahoma's Institutions
A group of personal stories from people with disabilities who've left institutions to live in the community. |
| Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: The First 20 Years (Policy Research Brief)
This Brief reports on the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services waiver program during its first 20 years, from 1982 through 2002. |
| Mental Health Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Strategies and Solutions
This book is about the development of mental health services for people who have intellectual disabilities. |
| No Pity; People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
This is a history of the disability rights movement. There is no pity or tragedy in disability--it is society's myths, fears, and stereotypes that make being disabled difficult. |
| Revisiting the Vision: Selected Works of Burton Blatt
This media package features classic works of one of the greatest visionaries of our time. |
| The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement
A general introduction to the many influences on the Disability Rights Movement. |
| The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation
This book chronicles the Disability Rights Movement from the 1930's until now. It explores how the movement has changed over time, and how different kinds of disabilities have been brought into the movement's mix. |
| The Evolution of State Operated Services
A history of public institutions in Minnesota. There are many pictures and stories going back to the 1800s. |
| The Goode Life: Memoirs of Disability Rights Activist Barb Goode
This is the autobiography of Barb Goode, a self-advocate and leader in the disability rights movement of Canada for more than 35 years. |
| The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Different but Equal
Book discussing the human rights of people with disabilities. |
| The Origin and Nature of Our Institutional Models
Book exploring how institutions have traditionally treated persons labeled "retarded." |
| The Principle of Normalization in Human Services
This book is the seminal work on the principle of normalization, which has shaped the development of human services in the last few decades. |
| The Self-Advocacy Movement: The Unacknowledged Civil Rights Movement
This publication examines the self-advocacy social movement. |
| The State Boys Rebellion
This book tells the story of the 1957 'uprising' at Fernald School in Massachusetts. It helped end the common practice of forcing people with disabilities to live in institutions. |
| The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public
This is a book about old laws that said an "unsightly or disgusting person" shouldn't be seen on the street. Examples included people with disabilities. |
| The Willowbrook Wars: A decade of struggle for social justice
This book traces the history of reforms and litigation at the infamous Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York from 1972 to 1983. |
| Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson
This is the true story of Junius Wilson's life, a deaf Black man put into an institution at a young age after being accused of rape. |
| Walking Isn’t Everything
Giving a glimpse of how the delivery of medical services have changed since the polio edpidemics of the early 1950s, the book describes what it was like to be a woman with a disability in that era.
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| Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability by Paul Longmore
Why I Burned My Book, winner of the AAPD Betts Award, is a collection of essays on how people with disabilities can gain a voice and shape their destinies. |
| A History of Human Services, Universal Lessons, and Future Implications
A two-day presentation about the origins and history of services to support people with disabilities. It can be viewed online as videos. |
| Disability History Museum
A website with all kinds of information on the history of people with disabilities in America. |
| Disability Social History Project
An online social history of disability. |
| Ed Roberts Tribute
A webpage that is dedicated to the life and work of Ed Roberts. It is on the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities website. Ed Roberts was an early leader in the disability rights movement. |
| Ed Roberts: His Words, His Vision
Features excerpts from a speech delivered by Ed Roberts. His words are interspersed with contemporary photographs that depict the ongoing struggle of people throughout the world for the rights and independence modeled by this visionary leader. |
| El Peecho's Pennhurst Page
This is a website dedicated to the former residents of the Pennhurst State School in Pennsylvania. It includes a good amount of information on Pennhurst, including first-hand accounts of what went on at the institution. |
| Front Wards, Back Wards
A film about America's first institution for people with disabilities. Fernald in Massachusetts was created in 1848 and is still open today. |
| It's Our Story
A project that seeks to create an online database that gives people with disabilities a voice. The project hopes to make thousands of videos, written testimonies and photographs available for free online. |
| Leadership in the History of the Developmental Disabilities Movement
A multimedia, wiki website on leadership in the history of the developmental disabilities movement. |
| Lest We Forget: Silent Voices
A collection of stories as told by people with disabilities who lived in state institutions. There are also stories from the families they left behind. |
| Lives Worth Living
This film is about the Disability Rights Movement. |
| Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: The First 20 Years (Policy Research Brief)
This Brief reports on the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services waiver program during its first 20 years, from 1982 through 2002. |
| Parallels in Time: A History of Developmental Disabilities
An online presentation about the history of people with developmental disabilities. It uses text, with some pictures and video clips. |
| Revisiting the Vision: Selected Works of Burton Blatt
This media package features classic works of one of the greatest visionaries of our time. |
| The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement website
Website on disability rights and the Independent Living movement. |
| The Disability Rights Movement
An on-line video presentation of the history of the disability rights movement. It is from the Smithsonian Museum. |
| The Power of 504
This video tells the story about how Section 504 became part of the Rehabilitation Act. It also shows the difficulties and delays in having the ideas become implemented. The fight included a 26-day sit-in for disability civil rights. |
| Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook
This film examines the impact of the closure of Willowbrook State School on the residents and their families over the last 25 years. The DVD also includes Geraldo Rivera's original story, "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace." |
| Where's Molly?
This film chronicles the reunion of Jeff Daly and his sister Molly. Molly was sent to live in an institution at age 3, so they had not seen each other for 47 years. Their story explores the conditions of the institution Molly lived in. |
