| Web Site Review | The Journal of American History, 92.1

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Disability History Museum <http://www.disabilitymuseum.org>. Sponsored by Straight Ahead Pictures, Inc. Laurie Block, executive director. Reviewed Oct. 8, 2004.
The Disability History Museum Web site exists principally as an online library, and as such, it offers students, scholars, and teachers of disability history an important resource. When the site reaches full maturity as a library, museum, and teacher resource center, it will be invaluable to anyone who wishes to view the historical meanings of disability through a social, rather than a medical, lens.	1
A deep understanding of the field pervades the site. A project of the prodigious researcher and filmmaker Laurie Block, the Disability History Museum boasts a stellar board of directors, all leading scholars of disability. The library approaches disability from the vantage points of political, social, cultural, educational, institutional, military, labor, intellectual, and—to some extent—medical history. Cognitive, physical, psychiatric, and sensory disabilities all receive attention. By scouring archives, publications, and personal collections from around the country, Block and her associates have amassed an impressive digital collection of documents and visual stills. The site, moreover, provides an extensive glossary of disability-related terms, multiple search functions (by any of 302 keywords), and clear citation instructions.	. . .

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