The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities presents a new documentary, Hadamar: The Forgotten Holocaust, detailing Hitler’s extermination of people with disabilities On September 1, 1939, World War II began…
Category: History Notes
Social Security program marks 85 years of helping the nation
Security was attained in the earlier days through the interdependence of members of families upon each other and of the families within a small community upon each other. The complexities…
Blind Minnesotans have been well-served for a century
Great change took place in the Minnesota of the 1910s and 1920s. Many households marked firsts – a telephone, electricity, a motor vehicle, even a radio to listen to. But…
Use of lethal force sparked calls for change years ago
The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police on Memorial Day weekend highlights the ongoing crisis of police brutality against people of color. Unfortunately, use of lethal force is not…
Lee Greenfield's record of service still shines today
Heroes of disability rights 2020 marks 30 years’ publication for Access Press and 30 years of the Americans with Disabiolities Act (ADA). We will spend the next year focusing on…
Schoenbohms committed to helping people with disabilities
It was the end of an era earlier this spring when Virginia Hymans Schoenbohm Clymer died. She was 96 and at the time of her death in March lived in…