New York Public Library's Community Oral History Project

The New York Public Library's Community Oral History Project collects and shares stories from the community's diverse residents. The project has documented hundreds of stories from many unique communities. One particularly interesting collection is "Visible Lives: Oral Histories of the Disability Experience." Here are two brave and life-affirming oral histories from that collection:

Alyson Bernhardt and Yvonne Honigsberg Source: oralhistory.nypl.org

From The New York Public Library, Alyson Bernhardt's story and Yvonne Honigsberg's story

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