Jaipreet Virdi was living and teaching in Canada, where she had grown up and earned her doctorate in the history of science, technology and medicine, when she found out about a job opening on the ...

Throughout history, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been misunderstood and mistreated, from legal sterilization to poor conditions at institutions. People with ...

Building a more inclusive future means understanding why certain groups were absent in history. kyotokushige/DigitalVision via Getty Images Jennifer Erkulwater is a ...

On December 3, it was International Day of People with Disability, a day dedicated to understanding disability rights, issues and promotion of disability inclusion, in line with the Sustainable ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: Every year, December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities or World Disability Day. The day is meant to promote ...

One in four U.S. adults (61 million) has some type of disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) offers federal protection for these individuals to prohibit employers from discriminating ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will launch “EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America” to explore themes and events related to the history of people with ...

On Friday, February 7th, the Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens (GACEC) hosted the Disability History and Awareness Month Poster Contest Cookie Reception. This event marked a ...

Long Island is home to a series of legendary museums. From the Whaling Museum in Cold Spring Harbor to the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale to the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, the ...

As the U.S. rolls back aid and protections, these contemporary artists are making the art world, at least, more open. By Julia Halperin Photographs by Melody Melamed ON A SPRING afternoon in 1991, the ...