62:(2003)) in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles in 1988 in protest against restrictive Social Security policies that virtually precluded disabled professionals from earning a living, and thus achieving or maintaining economic independence. Some of the most restrictive of these disincentives (such as those that barred earned income from book royalties, in his case) were soon reversed in a policy change that became known as the Longmore Amendment.
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at night and for part of the day. He received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from
Occidental College, graduating in 1968 and 1971, respectively, and majoring in history and minoring in political studies. In 1984, he received his doctorate from Claremont Graduate University, where he majored
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He was a major figure in the establishment of disability as a field of academic study, an endeavor analogous to the establishment, in previous decades, of race, class, gender, and queer studies. Longmore was a co-founder in 1996 of San
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Longmore was the leading historian in disability publishing, producing works such as "Reviews in
American History" (Longmore, 1987 on the "hidden history of people with disabilities"). He was instrumental in bringing a vibrant history to light instead of accounts representing the establishment
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regarding clients, treatments, and techniques. He authored the preface to the "Encyclopedia of
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