Topic: Disabilities

An estimated one out of every five Americans has been diagnosed with one or more psychological or physical disabilities. That makes disabled Americans one of our largest minorities. And yet, most of our history books pay little notice to the role the disabled have played in our nation’s past. We’ll discuss the contributions of the disabled to our laws, policies, economics, popular culture, and collective identity, with Kim Nielsen, author of A Disability History of the United States.

With Jean Driscoll, M.S. (Associate Director of Development, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois), and Brad Hedrick, Ph.D. (Director, Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, University of Illinois)

With Mark C. Weber, J.D. (St. Vincent dePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago)

With Susan M. Schweik, Ph.D. (Professor of English and Co-Director of the Disabilty Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley)

With Lyn Jones (President and CEO, United Way of Champaign County), and , and Brenda Davis Koester (Coordinator of Programs at the Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois), and Dale Morrissey (CEO of Developmental Services Center, Champaign)

with Laura Hershey, disability rights activist

Wheelchair Athlete Jean Driscoll, author of the book