Disability Studies, Temple U.

Disability Blog Carnival #60 is up NOW!

2009-11-19T20:44:00.003-05:00

[Visual description: First Disability Blog Carnival logo by Kay Olson, features a parking sign that says "Somewhat Disabled" and the words "Disability Blog Carnival (come share the uncertainty)."]Go, go, check it out at at FWD/Forward--- the theme is intersectionality and it's chock-full of links to great posts on that and other subjects. And while you're there, read the rest of this excellent

CFP: Disability History (25-27 June 2010, Preston UK)

2009-11-18T13:19:00.001-05:00

News from the disability history community, found on H-Disability today:Disability History Conference 2010Disability History: looking forward to a better past?June 25th - 27th, 2010University of Central LancashirePreston, UKPlenary Speakers:Professor Catherine J Kudlick, University of California, DavisProfessor Tom Shakespeare, University of NewcastleDisability history has emerged in recent years

The Complete Streets Movement

2009-11-13T16:31:00.003-05:00

According to a recent post at StreetsBlog, the U.S. DOT has begun actively touting its contributions to bicycle and transit infrastructure, including last week's premiere of the Washington D.C. Bikestation [see flickr slideshow below]. The Bicycle Foundation of Greater Philadelphia on their blog bikePHL [story link] takes this one step further, promoting a vision of Complete Streets, responsive

November 5: Pierangelo Bertoli (1942-2002)

2009-11-05T12:33:00.005-05:00

[Visual description: color photograph of a man in a wheelchair, at a microphone, wearing a black jacket, gesturing with his right hand.]"....solo alla morte non c'é rimedio..."Italian singer-songwriter Pierangelo Bertoli was born on this date in 1942, in a working-class family in Modena. When he was four years old, he survived polio, and came to use a wheelchair. He taught himself to play

Taking the Water Cure, Brattleboro VT, 1845

2009-11-05T11:46:00.005-05:00

New materials just cataloged at the Connecticut Historical Society Library include a journal from a mother/daughter trip to "take the cure" in Vermont:In 1845 Sarah Coit Day and her daughter Catherine traveled to the Brattleboro (Vermont) Water-Cure for treatment. Day kept a journal (Ms. 47047), writing about taking tepid baths, walking, the view of the Connecticut River, and other people who

Save the Dates: Events at UCLA in February 2010

2009-11-04T12:32:00.002-05:00

I just found out about this stuff on the Center for the Study of Women calendar website. I don't know anymore than I'm posting here, so you'll have to track after the details yourself. Try the website for The Body Symposium Series for starters. All events are free and open to the public, but as always for campus events, you should plan ahead for things like parking.Wednesday 17 FebruaryGlorya

The Encyclopedia of American Disability History

2009-11-03T13:48:00.003-05:00

[Image description: Three volumes of the Encyclopedia of American Disability History, overlapping each other, on a table]Just realized I hadn't posted about this here yet--the Encyclopedia of American Disability History (Facts-on-File 2009) is now out, for real, in print. And it's heavy, too. If you're a longtime reader here, you may notice that several entries seem eerily familiar; that's

Institute on Disabilities to move to new TempleU campus location

2009-11-03T10:50:00.001-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Gettis Student Center @ Temple, originally uploaded by Edu-Tourist. In case you haven't heard the news yet, the Institute on Disabilities will be moving in mid-November to a new location on the Temple University Campus. We

SDS 2010 Call for Proposals

2009-10-26T20:07:00.003-04:00

Start making your plans to visit Philadelphia in June 2010 ...Call for Proposals for the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Disability Studies is now posted and available.SDS Dates: June 2-5, 2010SDS Host: Institute on Disabilities, Temple UniversityConference Location: Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaConference Theme: Disability in the

Disability Blog Carnival #59 is up NOW!

2009-10-26T09:10:00.008-04:00

[visual description: logo for the Disability Blog Carnival, featuring a vintage patent drawing of a torso brace, with the words "the Disability Blog Carnival a bracing event" superimposed in blue text]Go, now, check it out--Liz Henry has crafted a fine, fine edition of the Disability Carnival around the theme of "Disability and Work." You'll want to settle in to read it; the contributions are

John Lind (1854-1930)

2009-10-16T12:44:00.005-04:00

John Lind (LOC)Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress Photo above is from today's Library of Congress uploads to Flickr. John Lind (1854-1930) was a teacher and lawyer, the 14th governor of Minnesota, a US Representative, and President Wilson's envoy on Mexican affairs. You can't tell from this photo, but he was also noted for being an amputee--his lower left arm was lost in a sawmill

October 14: Katarzyna Rogowiec (b. 1977)

2009-10-14T12:50:00.006-04:00

Just trolling around today's birthdays on Wikipedia, spotted Paralympian Katarzyna Rogowiec. She was born on this date in 1977, in Rabka-Zdrój, Poland. At age 3, she lost both hands in an accident with farming equipment (she doesn't remember the event). She's an economist by education and occupation. Rogowiec won two gold medals at the 2006 Turin Paralympics, as a cross-country skiier, and

October 12: Frances Dana Gage (1808-1884)

2009-10-12T13:10:00.004-04:00

[Visual description: engraved portrait of Frances Dana Gage]You have attempted to mold seventeen millions of human souls into one shape, and make them all do one thing.--Frances Dana Gage, on women's restricted place in societyToday marks the 201st anniversary of the birth of Frances Dana Gage, an American reformer, suffragist, and abolitionist. She was born in Ohio, married there, and raised

Keeping Helen Company in Statuary Hall

2009-10-09T08:08:00.007-04:00

[Visual description: black-and-white photograph of the statue of Father Damien in the National Statuary Hall]A statue of Helen Keller was unveiled this week in the US Capitol's Statuary Hall, with great fanfare, because "It’s the first statue in the Capitol showing a person with a disability." Oh?Regular readers of this blog will know that statements like this send me scurrying to check that

New Journal | Ethnographica - Call for Papers

2009-10-07T17:17:00.003-04:00