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Disability in America
Judy Heumann is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service in 1993.

Judy Heumann, center, is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service by Judge Gail Bereola, left, in Berkeley, California, on June 29, 1993. At left is Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock with sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn, and Julie Weissman, right, in attendance. Heumann, a renowned disability rights activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, died on March 4, 2023.

(Image: AP Photo/Susan Ragan)

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    • Disability in America

    In a Q&A, history and sociology of science professor Beth Linker discusses the history of disability in America.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research
    Linnea Gandhi working on a white board

    (On homepage) Gandhi also shares her lessons from industry with the students she teaches in her summer lab course. It equips the students with hands-on experience in applied behavioral science and experimentation, where small teams are paired with external organizations.

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    Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research

    Ph.D. candidate Linnea Gandhi of the Wharton School and research assistant Anoushka Kiyawat discuss the development of their team’s innovative research tool.
    One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?
    Protesters both pro- and anti-choice holding signs in Washington D.C. Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion advocates demonstrate at the U.S. Supreme Court.

    (Image: DJ McCoy/iStock)

    One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?

    Four takeaways from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences researchers in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

    Michele W. Berger

    The ‘true value of women’s work’
    wages for housework archives display

    The new building on Wayne Ave. includes posters, banners, and ephemera from the movement’s 50-year history.

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    The ‘true value of women’s work’

    The Wages for Housework movement is a precursor to the Child Tax Credit and guaranteed income, says sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons. A community center in Germantown houses their 50-year archive and carries on the work.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Seeing disability differently
    Illustration of several people with varying fullness of body sketching.

    Image: Holly Stapleton

    Seeing disability differently

    Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities.

    Susan Ahlborn