Contribute to the History of People with Disabilities.
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Please write to Laurie Block lbjc@crocker.com and Katherine Ott ott@nmah.si.edu 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: ott@nmah.si.edu
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, or persons 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).