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Documenting the Disability Rights Movement through photos since 1984.

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Tom Olin has been a social documentarian for more than four decades, primarily capturing the unfolding history of much of the Disability Rights Movement. Over the years, his understanding of and dedication to the Independent Living philosophy, his love for and friendship with the people driving the movement, and his years of participation as a person living with disability have developed into a unique journalistic style. All of this adds to Tom’s effectiveness and ability to capture important people and moments. His images command a premium in the social history marketplace because they are uniquely important to the telling of the disability story.

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  • ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
  • Capitol Crawl
  • Marches & Protests
  • Transportation

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  • May 1989
  • March 1988
  • April 1987

The Tom Olin Collection is housed in the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections in the William S. Carlson Library at the University of Toledo.

Tom’s collection is thankful for the generous support of Voices for Independence, the CIL serving Western Pennsylvania.

Thank you to Tina Pinedo for her spirit, support, and web expertise. “The Force is strong in this one.”

Documenting the Disability Rights Movement through photos since 1984.

  • Home
  • About Tom
  • Installations
  • 504 Sit In Collection by Anthony Tusler
  • Sales
  • Contact

Tom Olin has been a social documentarian for more than four decades, primarily capturing the unfolding history of much of the Disability Rights Movement. Over the years, his understanding of and dedication to the Independent Living philosophy, his love for and friendship with the people driving the movement, and his years of participation as a person living with disability have developed into a unique journalistic style. All of this adds to Tom’s effectiveness and ability to capture important people and moments. His images command a premium in the social history marketplace because they are uniquely important to the telling of the disability story.

Categories

  • ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
  • Capitol Crawl
  • Marches & Protests
  • Transportation

Archives

  • October 1990
  • July 1990
  • June 1990
  • March 1990
  • January 1990
  • September 1989
  • July 1989
  • May 1989
  • March 1988
  • April 1987

The Tom Olin Collection is housed in the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections in the William S. Carlson Library at the University of Toledo.

Tom’s collection is thankful for the generous support of Voices for Independence, the CIL serving Western Pennsylvania.

Thank you to Tina Pinedo for her spirit, support, and web expertise. “The Force is strong in this one.”

Black and white photo of demonstrators in the middle of a large stree

ATTENDANT SERVICES NOW!

  • Post date
    October 3, 1990
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Black and white photo of the President signing a document with others smiling around him

THE SIGNING OF THE ADA

  • Post date
    July 26, 1990
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Black and white photo of person in a manual wheelchair holding up their fist. A sign resting on their legs reads "The Largest Minority," a posting in the back reads "Change not Charity"

THE LARGEST MINORITY

  • Post date
    June 20, 1990
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Back and white photo of hunderds of protesters in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol

TAKING THE ROTUNDA

  • Post date
    March 13, 1990
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Black and white photo of Justin Dart, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers

JUSTIN

  • Post date
    March 12, 1990
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Black and white photo of people protesting

“WHEELS OF JUSTICE” MARCH

  • Post date
    March 12, 1990
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Black and white photo of people crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC

CAPITOL CRAWL

  • Post date
    March 12, 1990
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Black and white photo of an older white man in an E&J power chiar in front of a Greyhound bus surrounded by five Dallas cops all dressed in black with shiny badges

DALLAS HIGH NOON SHUTDOWN

  • Post date
    January 23, 1990
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Black and white photo of an older white man in an E&J power chiar in front of a Greyhound bus surrounded by five Dallas cops all dressed in black with shiny badges

DALLAS HIGH NOON SHOWDOWN

  • Post date
    January 23, 1990
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Black and white photo of two people in powerchairs beside a Greyhound but. An American flag with the stars arranged to form the universal symbol for access.

SHUTTING THEM DOWN

  • Post date
    September 27, 1989
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