Recent Talks

November 2007: “The Other Segration”, Undergraduate disability history course, Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, Connecticut.

October 2007: “The Other Segration”, graduate seminar in Race & Difference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of History.

December 2006: “Cure & Contempt, The Exhaustion of Benevolence”, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

November 2006: “Networking History and the Virtual Museum: What You See, What You Don’t & Why”, Public History Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

October 2005: “The Cure Narrative” and “The Contempt of Good Will, From Goodwill to Civil Rights”- two lectures for course on Ideas of Normalcy, History Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

September 2005: “The Cure Narrative & the Contempt of Good Will”, New England American Studies Association’s conference, “Sightlines: An American Studies Conference on the Culture and Science of Vision,” Worcester Polytechnical Institute, Worcester, MA.

October 2004 -- "Selling Disability: Humility, Humanitarians, and Hucksters or The Fundraisers' Legacies" McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec, CA Conference and Exhibition on Health and Children In Twentieth Century North America.

March 28, 2004 -– "When Disability History Goes Public"– Organized and moderated panel at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Panelists: "Remember My Name: Cemetery Restoration At Danvers State Hospital For The Insane"–Patricia Deegan; "Top Cottage: FDR & Henry Toombs– An Architectural Precedent For Independent Living"–John Sears, "Teaching Disability History With Primary Source Documents & www.disabilitymuseum.org" Graham Warder. Commentary: Kim Neilson, University Wisconsin.

October 2003 -- "Creating Cultural Access--The Role Of Disability History", Stavros Center For Independent Living, Keynote Address, Annual Awards Ceremony, Chicopee, MA

October 18, 2003 -- "The Disability History Museum: A Collection On-Line", American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

September 22, 2003 -- "Perspectives: History And The Experience Of Witness In Rehab Services", New York State Rehabilitation Association Keynote Speaker, Albany, New York

March 21, 2003 -- "Empathetic Witness And The Practice Of Medicine or Sophie’s Choice And The Shape Of Her Grief In The Flow Of Time", Intermountain Health Care, Latter Day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah

In The News

From time to time, the media covers web projects. Although the Disability History Museum is very new, and it's growth lies ahead, we have already received some notable attention.

Tales from the Vault: "Document by Document"
Building the Disability Museum, by Laurie Block
www.common-place.org · vol. 2 · no. 3 · April 2002

On Society: "Deaf to Good Sense"
U.S. News & World Report (3/25/2002)

Globe Editorial: "Access to History"
Boston Globe (12/11/2001)