Putting disability histories on the map.

Black-and-white photograph from the 1950s of a crowd of Deaf folks socializing at round tables inside Charles Thompson Memorial Hall.
World War II poster showing a white woman wearing a brown military uniform and cap in front of a waving American flag. The poster reads THIS IS MY WAR TOO! WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS. UNITED STATES ARMY.

Our approach is accessible, intersectional, and open-source, with the goal of REPAIR-ing disability history through a justice-oriented lens.

Featured Case Studies

Explore case studies focused on places where disabled individuals and communities have lived, worked, socialized, resisted, loved, and made history. You can also nominate a site of your own or learn how to create your own case study.

Guidance for interacting with the case studies: click on the image or orange title link to open the interactive StoryMaps case study in the same tab. Clicking on the Read More link will bring you to another page within the REPAIR website, then you can click the button to read the case study.

Printed poster advertising the Disability Justice and Heritage course for Fall 2023. The poster is hanging from an orange clip on top of a green background.

A revised version coming Fall 2023

Disability Justice and Cultural Heritage Course

A course syllabus by REPAIR, focused on the intersections of disability studies, architecture and design, and public history

Educational Materials

  • Tilted grid image of the front page of REPAIR's visual guidelines.

    Case Study Process

    Resources and instructions for following REPAIR’s process for building case studies

  • A case study displayed in a printed booklet format, with an open spread showcasing posters that encouraged women to join the war effort.

    Case Study Toolkit

    All the materials needed to make a case study, including guidebooks and templates

  • Mockup of REPAIR videos displayed on a Mac desktop computer and laptop.

    Public Presentations

    Videos and presentation transcripts focused on REPAIR’s ethos and methods

Black-and-white photograph of two white women working at the Milwaukee Ordnance Plant. One, a brunette woman wearing a polka-dot dress and standing near the other woman's work table, is signing to the seated woman, wearing glasses and a white blouse.

REPAIR is always eager to connect, learn, and, if possible, lend a hand! You can contact us at repairdisheritage@gmail.com. If you’d like to contribute a case study, give a suggestion to make the site more accessible, or forge a new alliance in your work, please reach out.

Let's get connected to work on this project together