The New Disability History HISTORY OF ART/STYLE Freed of the weight of

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Kaslow demonstrates her integrative approach to therapy

The New Disability History HISTORY OF ART/STYLE Freed of the weight ofDisability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture. From antebellum debates about qualification for citizenship to current controversies over access and reasonable accommodations, disability has been present, in penumbra if not in print, on virtually every page of American history. Yet historians have only recently begun the deep excavation necessary to retrieve lives shrouded in religious, then medical, and always deep seated