Indiana Disability History Project
First-hand accounts of the disability rights movement and the experiences of Hoosiers with disabilities.
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Kylee Hope was Director of Indiana's Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviewed shortly after that period, when she had recently retired…
This exhibit includes video-recorded oral history, with photographs and transcripts about the first decades of the statewide self-advocacy group Self-Advocates of Indiana, including profiles of leaders Darcus…
A little over 30 years ago, a doctor told Sharon Hauss to put her infant son in an institution. Sharon’s response, “He’s my son. I couldn’t do it.” Her son, Michael Ely, went on to be fully included…
!["I Learned Like Everyone Else Did"](https://indianadisabilityhistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/ac171c35ccc4f549c98b020364239c5d.jpg ""I Learned Like Everyone Else Did"")
Disability History Timeline
Indiana Disability History Timeline
From 1816 to the present, view the progression of important dates and events in Indiana's disability history.
