Born on March 24, 1820, in Putnam County, New York, Fanny lost her sight when she was only six weeks old. Yet, she did not allow this disability to dampen her spirit or ambition. Crosby’s contribution to American hymnology is immense, with over 8,000 hymns attributed to her name. Despite her blindness, she became the […]
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By: Daniella Jade Lowe What is Disability? Over the years, classifying and defining disability has become quite tedious. There are various examples to describe disability. Disability is seen as a ‘social construct.’ It is the idea that society and its’ institutions have the authority to construct disability around social expectations. In medieval times, disability was […]
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