Body Politics: Disability in America [rebroadcast]

38 Minuten

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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are t...

Gesellschaft , Geschichte , Gesellschaft & Kultur

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vor 9 Jahren

In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act made everything from
parking lots to bathrooms accessible. But before this legislation,
disabled people found their own ways to navigate society. On this
episode of BackStory, we explore the history of disability in
America. From the “ugly laws” that barred the disabled from public
spaces to the grassroots activism that set the stage for the
passage of the ADA, the Guys consider how people with disabilities
shaped America and how attitudes towards disability have
changed.

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