In Partners in Time, you will learn how people with disabilities lived, learned and worked from ancient times to the present; recognize ways in which history repeats itself and how those abuses continue today under new names; connect early glimmers of progress with current initiatives; and
explore recent progress and celebrate the groundbreaking efforts that are building a more just, inclusive society.
Module 1 | Learning Lessons from the Past |
Unit 1 | Module 1: Learning Lessons from the Past |
Unit 2 | Breaking the Cycle |
Unit 3 | Time and Again: Dehumanization and Devaluation |
Unit 4 | Time and Again: Exploitation |
Unit 5 | Time and Again: Abuse, Neglect and Homicide |
Unit 6 | Time and Again: Segregation and Isolation |
Unit 7 | Time and Again: Ignorance |
Unit 8 | Time and Again: Resignation |
Unit 9 | Quiz #1 |
Unit 10 | Conclusion |
Module 2 | Ancient Times to 1949 |
Unit 1 | Extra Help Along the Way |
Unit 2 | Module 2: Ancient Times to 1949 |
Unit 3 | Embracing Our Shared Past |
Unit 4 | Living with a Disability |
Unit 5 | Institutions Emerge |
Unit 6 | Life in the Shadows |
Unit 7 | Scientific Segregation |
Unit 8 | Educating People with Disabilities |
Unit 9 | From School to Asylum |
Unit 10 | The Growth of Special Education |
Unit 11 | Work: The Final Frontier |
Unit 12 | Exercise: Ripped from the Headlines |
Unit 13 | ChangeMaker: Dorothea Lynde Dix |
Unit 14 | ChangeMaker: Alfred Binet |
Unit 15 | ChangeMakers: The Kennedy Family |
Unit 16 | Module Conclusion |
Unit 17 | Quiz #2 |
Module 3 | 1950 to 1979 |
Unit 1 | Module 3: 1950 to 1979 |
Unit 2 | The Times: Shifting Perceptions |
Unit 3 | The Times: The Age of the Institution |
Unit 4 | The Times: The Parent Movement |
Unit 5 | The Times: A Driving Force |
Unit 6 | The Times: A New Perspective |
Unit 7 | The Times: The Normalization Concept |
Unit 8 | Living in the 1950s |
Unit 9 | Learning in the 1950s |
Unit 10 | Working in the 1950s |
Unit 11 | The Times: The Media Enters the Fight |
Unit 12 | Living in the 1960s |
Unit 13 | Growth of Community Services |
Unit 14 | Learning in the 1960s |
Unit 15 | Working in the 1960s |
Unit 16 | The Times: A Glimpse of the Future |
Unit 17 | The Times: New Solutions to an Old Problem |
Unit 18 | The Times: The Independent Living Movement Begins |
Unit 19 | Living in the 1970s |
Unit 20 | Learning in the 1970s |
Unit 21 | The Courts Intervene |
Unit 22 | Innovative Approaches |
Unit 23 | Working in the 1970s |
Unit 24 | Legislation and Court Intervention |
Unit 25 | Exercise: Ripped from the Headlines |
Unit 26 | ChangeMakers: The Courts - Justice Prevails |
Unit 27 | ChangeMaker: Burton Blatt |
Unit 28 | ChangeMakers: Rosemary and Gunnar Dybwad |
Unit 29 | ChangeMaker: Marc Gold |
Unit 30 | Module Conclusion |
Unit 31 | Quiz #3 |
Module 4 | 1980 to 1999 |
Unit 1 | Module 4: 1980 to 1999 |
Unit 2 | The Times: Challenging Obstacles to Inclusion |
Unit 3 | The Times: Activism and Self-Advocacy |
Unit 4 | The Times: Advances in Technology |
Unit 5 | Living in the 1980s |
Unit 6 | Growth in Community Supports |
Unit 7 | The Growth of Family Supports |
Unit 8 | Learning in the 1980s |
Unit 9 | What is Integration? |
Unit 10 | Working in the 1980s |
Unit 11 | Equal Work, Unequal Pay |
Unit 12 | The 1990s: An Era of Sweeping Change |
Unit 13 | Living in the 1990s |
Unit 14 | Closing the Institutions |
Unit 15 | The Olmstead Decision |
Unit 16 | Learning in the 1990s |
Unit 17 | IDEA '97 |
Unit 18 | Inclusive Education – Everyone Belongs |
Unit 19 | Working in the 1990s |
Unit 20 | The Challenge of Transition |
Unit 21 | Exercise: Ripped from the Headlines |
Unit 22 | ChangeMakers: Self-Advocates (1974-Today) |
Unit 23 | ChangeMaker: Ed Roberts |
Unit 24 | ChangeMaker: Madeleine C. Will |
Unit 25 | ChangeMaker: The Media |
Unit 26 | Module Conclusion |
Unit 27 | Quiz #4 |
Module 5 | 2000 to Present |
Unit 1 | Module 5: 2000 to Present |
Unit 2 | The Times: The ADA Turns 30 |
Unit 3 | The Times: Implementing the Olmstead Decision |
Unit 4 | The Times: Self-Advocates Embrace Basic Rights |
Unit 5 | The Times: The Continuing Fight Against Aversive Techniques |
Unit 6 | The Times: Assistive Technology Leaps Ahead |
Unit 7 | The Times: The Digital Divide |
Unit 8 | The Times: Inclusion and Changing Attitudes |
Unit 9 | The Times: The Challenge of Aging |
Unit 10 | The Times: Person-Centered Planning Comes of Age |
Unit 11 | The Times: DSP Workforce Crisis |
Unit 12 | Living in the New Millennium |
Unit 13 | Living: Medicaid Waivers Expand Opportunities for Community Living |
Unit 14 | Living: Affordable Housing Shortage |
Unit 15 | Learning in the New Millennium |
Unit 16 | Learning: Transition Challenges Continue |
Unit 17 | Learning: Positive Behavioral Supports |
Unit 18 | Working in the New Millennium |
Unit 19 | The Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Opportunity Continues |
Unit 20 | Legislative Support Grows |
Unit 21 | Exercise: Ripped from the Headlines |
Unit 22 | ChangeMaker: Judge Donovan Frank |
Unit 23 | ChangeMaker: Greta Thunberg, Climate Change Activist and Time 2019 Person of the Year |
Unit 24 | ChangeMaker: Policymakers |
Unit 25 | ChangeMaker: Haben Girma, DeafBlind Activist and Harvard Law School Graduate |
Unit 26 | ChangeMakers: Partners in Policymaking Graduates |
Unit 27 | Quiz #5 |
Unit 28 | Course Conclusion |