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This is the fifth installment to our theme for October 2023, Urban Disability, an exploration of the role cities and their residents have played in the expansions of disability rights. See here for a listing of all the posts published on this topic. By Dan Holland Sport has long been the leading edge of social […]
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This is the fourth installment to our theme for October 2023, Urban Disability, an exploration of the role cities and their residents have played in the expansions of disability rights. See here for a listing of all the posts published on this topic. By Lisa Varty As a disabled person myself, I have an interest […]
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This is the third installment of our theme for October 2023, Urban Disability, an exploration of the role cities and their residents have played in the expansion of disability rights. See here for a listing of all the posts published on this topic. By Patricia Chadwick Disability history is woven throughout the history of civil […]
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By Nate Holdren This is the second post in our theme for October 2023, Urban Disability. See here for a listing of all the posts published on this topic. In 1966, attorney and disability activist Jacobus tenBroek published “The Right to Live in the World.” The brilliant California Law Review article ranges widely in its […]
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This is the first post in our theme for October 2023, Urban Disability focusing on the role of cities in fostering disability rights. See here for a listing of all the posts published on this topic. In her 2020 memoir Being Huemann, pioneering disability rights activist Judith Heumann recounted her adolescent experiences in New York […]
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