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Modern Language Association: Disability Issues Committee Established

Watch an interview with Brenda Brueggemann
Brueggemann talks about how this event influenced the Disability Studies Program at Ohio State.
(2 minutes 23 seconds, captioned)

The establishment of the Modern Language Association’s committee on Disability Issues (MLA-CDI) was the event that was the catalyst for the interest in creating a Disability Studies program at OSU. Brenda Brueggemann, whose original field was Deaf Studies, had not thought about a program in this field before. She was asked to be a part of the MLA’s committee and soon began to introduce this field to the university and advocate for a program at Ohio State.

Related History:

Brenda Brueggemann
History of the Disability Studies Program

Page last updated August 23, 2006