Historian, disability studies scholar, and disability rights activist Paul Longmore died on 8.9.10. His death is a great loss to all three areas of activity; he was instrumental in the rise of disability history as a distinctive sub-history, and is the author of numerous erudite and provocative pieces. I regularly use this one in my teaching, and find his amazing blend of advocacy, truly righteous indignation, and scholarship both amazing and singular.
His death is a loss, but his life and work will and should be honored.
Stephen Drake at Not Dead Yet offers some thoughts here, as does Penny Richards at Disability Studies Blog.
(Raven: H-DISABILITY)
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