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Good Morning Bonfire Gamers

This month we are celebrating National disability History Month. Originally created back in 2008 this month helps increase awareness, acceptance, and respect for people with disabilities. #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityHistoryMonth
October 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
raegillibrand.bsky.social
I’ve got a new podcast out with @historyextra.bsky.social where I chat about living with disability in the Middle Ages.

🎧 Listen here: www.historyextra.com/membership/b... (if you're not already a subscriber, there’s a 14-day free trial you can use to listen!)

#disabilityhistory #prostheses #tech
Being disabled in the medieval era
Rae Gillibrand highlights how bodily difference was understood in this pre-modern era
www.historyextra.com
October 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
pogmd.bsky.social
Thank you to every advocate, past and present, who fought — and continues to fight — for our rights!

#RehabilitationAct53 #DisabilityHistory #Section504 #PeopleOnTheGoMD #DisabilityRights
#SelfAdvocacy
October 6, 2026 at 1:49 AM
pogmd.bsky.social
Those protesters paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 — and for the work we do today at People on the Go Maryland!

Their fight became our freedom.

#Section504 #DisabilityHistory #504SitIn #PeopleOnTheGoMD #RehabilitationAct
#disabilityrights
September 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
andrewcgrant.bsky.social
From “idiot” to “intellectual disability” isn’t just about avoiding offence.

The changes in terminology also signal changes in medical approach.

#linguistics #etymology #DisabilityHistory #psychology #learnontiktok
September 18, 2026 at 7:21 AM
csmbr-pisa.bsky.social
REMINDER

𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧
𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐅𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐍
Domus Comeliana 17-18 November 2026

#CSMBR #VivaMente #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfScience #MediterraneanStudies #DisabilityHistory #Deafness
September 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Forthcoming fascinating book on medieval guide dogs #DisHist #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityStudies
September 14, 2026 at 10:17 AM
pacificada.adata.org
Frida Kahlo is celebrated around the world for her powerful art, but she is also an important figure in disability history.

She lived with chronic pain and physical disabilities throughout her life, and her experiences with her disability appeared in her art.

#DisabilityHistory #FridaKahlo
September 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
juliagebke.bsky.social
The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
theconversation.com/the-deaf-bla...

#DisabilityHistory #DeafHistory #DisHist by @rosamundoates.bsky.social
The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.
theconversation.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
pogmd.bsky.social
We stand on the shoulders of giants.

#DisabilityHistory #IndependentLiving #PeopleOnTheGoMD #SelfAdvocacy #DisabilityRights
September 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
a11yalicia.bsky.social
Not a dry eye in the theatre. Man in Motion is such a beautiful film showcasing grit, perseverance and determination. #TIFF26 #TIFF #a11y #DisabilityHistory #Accessibility
Q&A with Rick and Amanda Rick on stage TIFF backdrop on screen
September 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
butterflylachoi.bsky.social
Ew.
From the DisabilityHistory community on Reddit: Alexander Graham Bell and his belief in genociding deaf people.
Explore this post and more from the DisabilityHistory community
www.reddit.com
September 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
tenuretracker.bsky.social
Monash University is hiring:
PhD Scholarship in Disability History

#phd #histsky #disabilityhistory
September 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
fndfl.bsky.social
“Being Heumann,” a new film about disability rights leader Judy Heumann and the historic 1977 Section 504 sit-in, is coming to theaters on Nov. 6 and to Apple TV on Nov. 13. #DisabilityHistory #JudyHeum
Scene from a film showing a woman using a wheelchair in the middle of a city street with both arms raised. Several people around her also have their hands raised as they face a large vehicle stopped in front of them, suggesting a protest or demonstration.
September 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
genderandhistory.bsky.social
What can a wheelchair pageant reveal about disability, womanhood, and citizenship? Moira Armstrong’s new OA article examines Miss Wheelchair America in the 1970s as a widely negotiated cultural and political space.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#SkyHistorians #DisabilityHistory
“Lovelies on Wheels”: The Politics of Miss Wheelchair America, 1972–1977
This article examines the Miss Wheelchair America pageant in the 1970s as a cultural and political space that produced a specific message about the intersections of womanhood, disability, and citizen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
sarahking.bsky.social
I'm putting together an independent study in which the end product is an oral history interview. A key theme will be disability & Vietnam veterans. I'm looking for readings that are be accessible to an undergrad history major. Suggestions? #VietnamWar #Vietnamveterans #skystorians #disabilityhistory
August 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
csmbr-pisa.bsky.social
REMINDER

𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧
𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐅𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐍
Domus Comeliana 17-18 November 2026

Abstract Submission: 𝟏𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Info at: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../deafness...

#CSMBR #VivaMente #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfScience #MediterraneanStudies #DisabilityHistory
August 25, 2026 at 8:01 AM
genxtoo.bsky.social
Remember that time before the ADA? This is how they got it done. Thank you past disabled people. I'd have a much worse life if it wasn't for these people.

youtube.com/shorts/GAO9K...
"I'll take all night if I have to!" #Shorts #DisabilityHistory #CapitolCrawl
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
youtube.com
August 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
danielblackie.bsky.social
If you are searching for funding to do a PhD and dig #DisabilityHistory, this opportunity might be just what you're after: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Deadline for applications: 13 Sept!!

#Skystorians
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careers.pageuppeople.com
August 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
spooniethreads.bsky.social
Did you know debates about disability benefits aren't new?

This article explores how many of today's conversations have been unfolding for centuries—and why that history still matters.

Worth the read. 💜 #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityCommunity theconversation.com/todays-argum...
Today’s arguments about disability benefits have been raging for 500 years
From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.
theconversation.com
August 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
greatplainsada.bsky.social
Recent episode of The Sunday Story on @npr.org features the Gang of 19 protests in 1978
#DisabilityHistory
July 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
brittnicholex.bsky.social
My rough draft of “The Ugly Laws” has officially hit 15,000 words!!

#roughdraft #amwriting #historicalfiction #disabilityhistory #disabled #disability #author #writer #disabilitypride #disabilitypridemonth #fiction #youngadult #yabooks #novel #debutauthor #daytonohio #dayton #ohio #uglylaws #sunday
July 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
religiousryan.bsky.social
In 1965, a US senator toured a "school" on Staten Island and compared it to a zoo. It stayed open 22 more years. It took a fired doctor's smuggled key and a hidden camera to finally force the doors open. This is Willowbrook. #DisabilityHistory #Willowbrook www.ryanjhite.com/2026/07/21/3...
375 Acres of Silence: Willowbrook State School History
For 40 years, New York hid 6,000 disabled people on Staten Island. It took a smuggled key and a hidden camera to expose what happened inside Willowbrook.
www.ryanjhite.com
July 21, 2026 at 10:40 PM
pauliedars.bsky.social
@DanaMarlowe, FYI. @amhistorymuseum Free, downloadable posters for our #DisabilityHistory online exhibition: http://ow.ly/moZVM
November 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
readex.com
White Plague, Black Death: Public Health as a Weapon in South Africa and the USSR.

Read more about this history and the connection between health and human rights: https://ow.ly/HpXh50Xub1A

#IDPD2025 #20thCenturyHistory #PrimarySources #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityStudies
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM