Part 7: Three Examples of Disability Heritage

Learning Objectives

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • identify disability heritages artifacts.
  • articulate why an artifact could be disability heritage and what it could reveal about disability.

Activity 3.7

  • Look closely at each of these artifacts.
  • Think carefully about the previous discussion of disability heritage
  • Consider the context of each of these artifacts. Please look up information as needed.
  • Decide what aspects of each one should be considered disability heritage and why they might be important.
  • Assign each artifact one or more types of cultural heritage: tangible, intangible, natural, emerging, marginalized.
  • After reading the notes and questions to consider for each artifact, determine if you change your decision about why each one is heritage, its importance, and what type of cultural heritage it is.