Disability in the Modern World

Disability in the Modern World is a collection of digitized primary sources, secondary sources, and videos on how people experience disability in the 19th - 21st centuries, the societal barriers they encounter, and how disability rights advocates have worked to bring about greater inclusion. It includes publications by and about people with disabilities. The collection covers disability and its intersections with: 

• Independence, Education and Accessibility
• Advocacy and Rights
• Legislation and Politics
• The Media
• Arts, Sport, and Culture
• Theory
• Race, Class Sexuality, and Gender
• War, Industry, and Technology

Some of the items in the collection include The Disability Rag/The Ragged Edge Periodical Archives (the first nationwide publication to unite disability rights activists), Remploy Ltd. Archives (a U.K.-based job placement service for people with disabilities that was founded after World War II to aid in job placement for veterans and miners with disabilities), and Red Cross records relating to the treatment of veterans with disabilities after World War I. 

Please note that some digitized items may contain views, imagery, or terminology that may be inaccurate, biased, or offensive.

This collection may be searched alongside other primary source collections in Global & International Studies Collection (Alexander Street).