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On July 8, 2022, the PA legislature passed an amendment approving disability inclusive curriculum in Pennsylvania schools. The bill (H.R. 1642), introduced by PA Representative Joe Hohenstein … [Read more...] about Disability History Now Part of Pennsylvania School Curriculum

Shirley Pickens, director, Polk Center, 2008-2020 Video not displaying correctly? Watch it on YouTube. Shirley Pickens retired in 2020 as director of Polk Center, a state institution for … [Read more...] about New “Voices of Change” Video Features Shirley Pickens, Former Director of Polk Center

Download this press release in PDF format. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Alonna Carter- Donaldsonalonna.carter@gmail.com Disability History Consortium Documenting Storiesof People of … [Read more...] about Press Release: Disability History Consortium Documenting Stories of People of Color who have Disabilities

By Alonna Carter-Donaldson, Project Scholar When thinking about Western Pennsylvania’s storied past, what comes to mind? Andrew Carnegie and the steel mills? Fort Pitt as Revolutionary War … [Read more...] about Intersection of Race and Disability Project: Florence Reed

History has not been kind to people with disabilities. The sad part is the actual living humans were subject to these conditions in state hospitals such as Pennhurst. WPDHAC … [Read more...] about The History of Systemic Abuse at Pennhurst State Hospital

WPDHAC Project Director Pancho Timmons participated in the 9th Annual Disability & Change Symposium, sponsored by Institute on Disabilities at Temple University on March 30th.  Disability and … [Read more...] about WPDHAC Project Director Pancho Timmons participated in the 9th Annual Disability & Change Symposium