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How Disability Rights Activists Created a More Inclusive Society in America

KPFA - Letters and Politics

English - December 24, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 232 ratings
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Accessibility laws in the second half of the twenty century are transforming society like no other laws before them by creating inclusive architecture and city design that enables fuller civic participation not just for disabled people, but for everyone. Today we are in conversation with historian Bess Williamson to talk about the history of disability and design
Guest: Bess Williamson is Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of the new book Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design.
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