by Art Spark Texas

Waiting for the Bus was created based on research into the history of disabled people in America. Here are some of the links and books we referenced when writing the play. We encourage you to read deeper into this history that was briefly touched upon in the play, Waiting for the Bus.

Alt Text: Waiting for the Bus, November 14-23rd at Ground Floor Theater. An original play by James Burnside, directed by Liz Ross.

Links

Dorothea Dix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Dix

The legacy of Eugenics: https://tinyurl.com/avsm8vdb

Covid 19: https://tinyurl.com/mrajtydh

League of the Physically Handicapped: https://tinyurl.com/2yudtvzs

League of the Physically Handicapped: https://tinyurl.com/yaydh6zp

504 Protest: https://tinyurl.com/5n7t43u3

Black Panthers: https://tinyurl.com/4w3sdtks

Austin State Hospital: https://tinyurl.com/nhef3u5f

Haunted House: https://tinyurl.com/mr2rv3w6

Brains: https://tinyurl.com/4ft2y8zd

Texas Fight Club: https://tinyurl.com/5n8emws7

Unmarked Graves: https://tinyurl.com/y56x6uxt

Austin State School Cemetery: https://tinyurl.com/2cb38vje

Rusk State Hospital: https://tinyurl.com/38a34ked

Rusk State Hospital: https://tinyurl.com/4s9bku4s

A History of Institutions for People with Disabilities: https://tinyurl.com/5n7kxvpv

Books

Disability Visibility: First Person Stories From The Twenty-First Century; Edited by Alice Wong

What Have We done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement; Fred Pelka

A Disability History of the United States; Kim E. Nielsen

No Right to be Idle: The invention of Disability, 1940s-1930s; Sarah F. Rose