Disability History Month: The dark and hidden past of disability

Kay Morgan-Gurr  |  Comment
Date posted:  27 Nov 2024
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Disability History Month: The dark and hidden past of disability

Five disabled Jewish prisoners, photographed for propaganda purposes in Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Source: GetArchive

It’s Disability History Month. This has happened every year from 16th November to 16th December since 2010.

Has your church ever done events around this, in the same way many do events around Black History Month?

The dark history of disability

A lot of history surrounding disability is dark and uncomfortable, but for some unknown reason is kept hidden. Some of that history is being repeated even today, because when history is hidden - we don’t learn from it.

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