The story of a Black Panther Party member and founder of the East Oakland Center for Independent Living, who had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair. Explore Brad Lomax’s under-reported contributions to the early disability justice movement, which laid the groundwork for the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

Celestine Tate Harrington (1955-1998), born with a condition that left her limbs unusable, was a street performer in downtown Philadelphia and on the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1980s and 1990s, who impressed audiences with her skill at playing the electric keyboard with her tongue.

An African American composer and pianist known as one of the greatest musicians of the 19th century, Thomas Wiggins (1849-1908) was blind from birth and likely autistic. Although born into slavery, Wiggins was the first African American to perform at the White House, and toured throughout the U.S., South America, and Europe.

Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012) was the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Congress and represented the State of Hawai‘i for more than 50 years.

Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943-1986) was a New York sci-fi and fantasy editor and a woman with dwarfism who revolutionized the world of sci-fi editing with books from luminaries such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Philip K. Dick.