Foot Painter: "THIS CRIPPLE HAS LEARNED TO OVERCOME HIS HANDICAP" from The Care, Cure, And Education Of The Crippled Child

Foot Painter: "THIS CRIPPLE HAS LEARNED TO OVERCOME HIS HANDICAP" from The Care, Cure, And Education Of The Crippled Child

Disability, Disability and art, Civil Rights, Advocacy, institutionalization

A man shown using adaptive painting techniques. He is painting with his feet. From the book The Care, Cure, And Education Of The Crippled Child with original caption: "THIS CRIPPLE HAS LEARNED TO OVERCOME HIS HANDICAP"

International Society for Crippled Children

Disability History Museum

International Society for Crippled Children

1924

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