Disability Social History Project
This site contains a brief timeline of important events in the history of disability in the world and exhibits on such subjects as freak shows and historic disability campaigns.

H-Disability
This site is maintained by a scholarly discussion group that explores the historical issues surrounding the experience and phenomenon of 'disability.'

Deaf/Blind Community History Project
The resources in this section provide information about how people with deafblindness or other disabilities lived, worked, and were viewed by society in the past, and how that past has shaped the present day.

History Through Deaf Eyes
Developed by Gallaudet University, History Through Deaf Eyes is a traveling social history exhibition aligning nearly 200 years of United States history with the experiences of deaf people. This site describes the exhibit and shows portions of it. It also gives information for booking the exhibit.

Dummy Hoy
This website celebrates the life and career of major league baseball player William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy.

Deaf History Timeline
A useful timeline that begins with capsule biographies of major figures in deaf history internationally and then becomes more detailed and event-oriented in the modern era.

APH Perspectives
This site, sponsored by the American Printing House for the Blind, has a number of exhibits from their Callahan Museum, including Building a Future:
U.S. Residential Schools for Blind and Visually Impaired Students and the Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field.

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