Indiana Disability History Project
First-hand accounts of the disability rights movement and the experiences of Hoosiers with disabilities.
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“It was wonderful because he felt like he was going to school.” When Bonnie Smith’s family moved to Bloomington, Indiana in the 1960s, a minister from the First United Methodist Church knocked on her door one…
![Bonnie Smith - "Go to School"](https://www.indianadisabilityhistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/d072def294e27dcc6cb6801c5923ff2b.jpg "Bonnie Smith - "Go to School"")
This exhibit includes video recorded oral history of and about Indiana advocates for the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as photographs and transcripts.
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://www.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.
