May 10, Laurie Block, Generations of Disability Advocacy

The University of Washington Disability Studies Program presents a lecture and conversation about the history of disability activism in the US.


“The Work of Social Change: Generations of Disability Advocacy, 1820-1968”

Laurie Block, Executive Director of the Disability History Museum http://www.disabilitymuseum.org

Date: Friday May 10, 2013, 10:30am–12:30pm

Location: HUB 250, University of Washington
http://hub.washington.edu/directions


Please join us! This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided. We request that you register by emailing uwdisabilitystudies@gmail.com .

This talk will highlight the key roles played by parent advocates, Deaf community pioneers, and independent living advocates in transforming opportunities available to people with disabilities, from the early 1800s to the first disability rights legislation. Laurie Block is a public historian who develops innovative media projects and educational forums that use archival materials and oral history to foster community dialogue about contemporary social issues.

This event will have ASL interpreting and captioning, thanks to the UW D Center, http://depts.washington.edu/dcenter/wordpress . This event is wheelchair accessible. Please refrain from wearing fragrance/scents.

To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office: 206.543.6450 (voice), 206.543.6452 (TTY), 206.685.7264 (fax), dso@u.washington.edu  .

Sponsored by the Disability Studies Program at the University of Washington,
http://depts.washington.edu/disstud. Email uwdisabilitystudies@gmail.com .