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Disability History Association at http://dha.osu.edu OR
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The Disability History Dateline, an ongoing project of San Francisco State University’s Institute on Disability, is designed to serve as a teaching and research tool. This ever-expanding chronology encompasses all aspects of the history of disability: major events, issues, and themes, prominent individuals and organizations, cultural expressions and images, laws and public policies, activist and advocacy efforts, and more. The entries cover all historical eras and every geographical region, as well as referring to both disability-specific and cross-disability historical occurrences. Although many of the current entries have a U. S. focus, the Dateline is and increasingly will become world historical in scope.

All Dateline entries will eventually have bibliographical citations and/or Internet links to facilitate further reading and research.

The Dateline is searchable using either the thematic codes listed below in the “Legend” or any name or term that appears in the Dateline. It is also searchable by decade. A search will yield a printable or downloadable list of all entries linked to that particular thematic code or containing that name or term. We welcome suggestions for additional themes.

We also welcome suggestions for additional entries. Please provide concise information and include a credible source or sources documenting that information. Please e-mail suggested entries to longmore@sfsu.edu.

Much of the current information contained in this Dateline is drawn from previously compiled chronologies. Please note the sources listed at the end of the Dateline and in the citations. We commend those compilers for their considerable labors and acknowledge that we are building on their work.

–– Paul K. Longmore
Professor of History and
Director, Institute on Disability
San Francisco State University

Go to the Disability History Dateline

Acknowledgments:

Graduate student research assistants at San Francisco State University: Ron Mey-Ami, Ben Crittenden, Chris Darbyshire, Sarah Stern

Legend

A minus sign (-) before year denotes B.C.E.

ACC – Accessibility
ACT – Activism/Advocacy
AFR – Africa
AIDS- HIV/AIDS
AMP – Amputees
ART – Artists, Musicians, Performers, Writers,
and Other Cultural Creators with Disabilities
ASIA – Asia and Pacific Islands
BIO – Bioethics
BLI – Blind
CAN – Canada
CHAR – Charity
CRT – Court Rulings
CUL – Cultural Representations
DD – Cognitive/Developmental Disabilities
DF – Deaf and Hard of Hearing
EDU – Education
EMP – Employment
EPI – Epilepsy
EUG – Eugenics
EUR – Europe
EUTH – Euthanasia
IL – Independent Living
INST – Institutions
INT – International
LAM – Latin America
L&P – Laws and Policies
LD – Learning Disabilities
ME – Middle East
MED – Medical Treatments
ORG – Organizations
PHY – Physical Disabilities
PSY – Psychiatric/Emotional Disabilities
PUB – Publications
REH – Rehabilitation/Vocational Rehabilitation
REL – Religion
SPO – Sports
TECH – Technology
USA – United States of America
VET – Veterans
WOM – Women