Disability History Month

A month dedicated to learning about disability history — the history of institutionalization, the disability rights movement, and the ongoing fight for inclusion and dignity. Understanding history is essential to building a more just future.

History

Disability History Month began in the UK in 2012. In the US, disability history awareness has been promoted by disability rights organizations and academic programs. The history of disability is a history of advocacy, resistance, and hard-won rights.

How to Participate

• →Learn about the history of autism specifically — from early pathologizing to the neurodiversity movement
• →Study the disability rights movement, including its radical wing
• →Read disability memoirs and histories written by disabled people
• →Teach disability history in your classroom or community
• →Connect current disability rights struggles to their historical roots

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