Indiana Disability History Project
First-hand accounts of the disability rights movement and the experiences of Hoosiers with disabilities.
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"They was mean to me. And I'm glad I'm not in an institution no more.” Beth was sent to an Indiana institution when she was young. She didn’t have the opportunity to go to school but states she learned to…
![Beth Myers - "They Did Me Wrong"](https://indianadisabilityhistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/02195c2d35d8fb7c3120a6b6b9aae18e.jpg "Beth Myers - "They Did Me Wrong"")
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…
This photograph shows Betty Louise Williams (1959-2018) as a young girl, wearing a pink dress. Betty grew up in Richmond, Indiana in the 1960s and 70s. She became a leader in the self-advocacy…
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.
