Kim Nielsen tackles two different tasks A Disability History of United States telling the history of people with disabilities, ing the history of the concept of disability.. ... Nielsen points to trend begun in the in which state governments excluded those with disabilities from voting..…

Disability was component of Bolshevik party program and propaganda between 1903 and 1917 after 1917, it was area subject to much social and legislative reform on the part of the government, workers, and peasant masses.. ..…

Yet, Nielsen’s critique of Keller’s disability politics goes beyond such observations. ... Nielsen is certainly right that Keller was far from a flawless individual who took the correct position on every question, in life or in politics. ..…