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Someone recently asked on Twitter about disabled designers/inventors in #DisHist.
So, here is a thread of some disabled inventors and innovators, some well-known and others less known.
Meet Charles Park, inventor of the Roll-o-Matic https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1245091244235280384?s=20
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Someone recently asked on Twitter about disabled designers/inventors in #DisHist.
So, here is a thread of some disabled inventors and innovators, some well-known and others less known.
Meet Charles Park, inventor of the Roll-o-Matic https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1245091244235280384?s=20
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Meet Stefan Farfler (1633-1689), a Nuremberg clock-maker, who invented his own self-propelled wheelchair when he was 22.
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1239597295227867136?s=20
Meet Stefan Farfler (1633-1689), a Nuremberg clock-maker, who invented his own self-propelled wheelchair when he was 22.
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1239597295227867136?s=20
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William Moon became blind as a result of scarlet fever, and invented the Moon script for the blind, which is not in use today, but is actually easier to use and learn than Braille
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/988399402124500992?s=20
William Moon became blind as a result of scarlet fever, and invented the Moon script for the blind, which is not in use today, but is actually easier to use and learn than Braille
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/988399402124500992?s=20
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William Carnes of PA lost his arm in a 1906 machine accident and he devised his own artificial arm, the Carnes arm.
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1240076984836907011?s=20
William Carnes of PA lost his arm in a 1906 machine accident and he devised his own artificial arm, the Carnes arm.
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1240076984836907011?s=20
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James Hanger was a veteran of the Civil War and lost his limb, who went on to design prosthetics and also establish a company, that is still operating today.
#DisHist
Read more here: https://twitter.com/CivilWarMed/status/1191379575772712960?s=20
James Hanger was a veteran of the Civil War and lost his limb, who went on to design prosthetics and also establish a company, that is still operating today.
#DisHist
Read more here: https://twitter.com/CivilWarMed/status/1191379575772712960?s=20
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Not to mention the countless unnamed disabled people who design and create their own prosthetics across the world, because no alternatives exist, like the makers of these Cambodian prosthetics:
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1240692008718454784?s=20
Not to mention the countless unnamed disabled people who design and create their own prosthetics across the world, because no alternatives exist, like the makers of these Cambodian prosthetics:
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1240692008718454784?s=20
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From Soviet history, Viktor Efimovich Kononov who lost his hand and designed a mechanical arm [ruka Kononova]
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1238057147717451776?s=20
From Soviet history, Viktor Efimovich Kononov who lost his hand and designed a mechanical arm [ruka Kononova]
#DisHist https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1238057147717451776?s=20
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Or Marilyn Hamilton, who created a lightweight wheelchair in the 1980s! https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1238208141558525958?s=20
Or Marilyn Hamilton, who created a lightweight wheelchair in the 1980s! https://twitter.com/DisabilityHistr/status/1238208141558525958?s=20
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This is FAR FROM a definitive list, but if our readers have any additions, let us know, and we will keep expanding it!
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This is FAR FROM a definitive list, but if our readers have any additions, let us know, and we will keep expanding it!
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