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Contribute to the History of People with Disabilities.
Please write to Laurie Block <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Katherine Ott
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with your perspective on the history of people with
disabilities. Katherine writes:
"As a curator at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution, I am interested in documenting and preserving the history of
people with disabilities in the twentieth century. I would like you to
share your knowledge and experience to help us develop our museum
collections in this area. This questionnaire will provide important
information.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. Return to:
Katherine Ott
National Museum of American History, Room 5000
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-0627
Email: [log in to unmask]
Fax: 202/633-9290
In your lifetime, what do you consider to be the two or three most
important public events (at the regional or national level) related to
the history of people with disabilities and why?
In your lifetime, whom do you consider to be the two or three most
important public figures (at the national or regional level) who have had
an impact upon knowledge and understanding of people with disabilities
and why?
In your lifetime, what do you consider to be the most important
technologies, objects, or products related to increased access, increased
communication, or mobility for people with disabilities and why? List as
many as you like. If you have personal experience with any of the things
you list, we would like to know when you first encountered it and any
information you may have about the inventor or developer, or you own use.
What do you think have been the most counterproductive events, objects,
orpersons related to the history of people with disabilities and why?
(It is important to record and study set-backs and backlash, too).
We are planning a small showcase exhibit about the ADA and its first
decade. What do you believe have been the most important consequences of
its passage in 1990? What material, physical, or environmental changes
do you believe have come about as a result of the ADA?
Other comments or observations (especially about people, places, events,
objects).
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Jesse the K - Madison WI USA - <[log in to unmask]>
Information is not knowledge.
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