One in five individuals in the United States has a disability. A community that crosses over into this sub-society is a part of Central Michigan University. The overall collective human history encompasses the history of disability and disability studies. One of the aims is to share this history with the patrons of the exhibition. These individuals have created, innovated, and advocated, and collaborated to share their stories and ideas, not only in this exhibition, but through (dis)ABLED BEAUTY: the documentary and (dis)ABLED BEAUTY Oral History Project. This particular Oral History Project was co-created by Brittany Fremion, Ph.D. and Stacey R. Lim, Au.D., Ph.D.
These experiences are shared here and in various social media and online forms. These collected histories are archived in the Museum of Cultural and Natural History at Central Michigan University. Our contributors are current and former CMU students, faculty and staff, Michiganders, and some from the broader community. Members of the disability community are activists, artists, scholars, and leaders who are part of a broader and more diverse regional, national, and international community. As such, their stories constitute an important part of our collective story and therefore, as part of this exhibition, give meaning to and provide insight into both our past and present. The voices of those with disabilities are thus highlighted in this exhibition, celebrating the Disability Rights Movement's slogan, “Nothing about us without us.”[1]
[1] This phrase is a slogan of the disability rights movement, as explained by Fred Pelka in What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement (Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012), ix. James I. Charlton used the phrase in the title of his book, Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998).
These experiences are shared here and in various social media and online forms. These collected histories are archived in the Museum of Cultural and Natural History at Central Michigan University. Our contributors are current and former CMU students, faculty and staff, Michiganders, and some from the broader community. Members of the disability community are activists, artists, scholars, and leaders who are part of a broader and more diverse regional, national, and international community. As such, their stories constitute an important part of our collective story and therefore, as part of this exhibition, give meaning to and provide insight into both our past and present. The voices of those with disabilities are thus highlighted in this exhibition, celebrating the Disability Rights Movement's slogan, “Nothing about us without us.”[1]
[1] This phrase is a slogan of the disability rights movement, as explained by Fred Pelka in What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement (Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012), ix. James I. Charlton used the phrase in the title of his book, Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998).
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