Zuber, Andrea Lou2019-01-182019-01-182018http://hdl.handle.net/11299/201570University of Minnesota Final Project in partial fulfillment of the Master of Liberal Studies Program, Advisors Josh Borowicz. Fall 2018. Degree: Master of Liberal Studies. 1 digital files (pdf).Over the centuries, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have faced horrific treatment at the hands of greater society, and sometimes by the very people who care for them. In the United States, they have been subject to abuse, neglect, eugenics crusades, forced sterilization, involuntary separation from their families and communities in the form of institutionalization, and continued discrimination and oppression. This paper examines the impact those suffrages have had on people with IDD and their communities across the social determinants of health, concluding that today, this population is suffering from the effects of Historical and Cultural Trauma. With that understanding, a trauma-informed lens to healing can be applied to foster prosperity and transformation for people with IDD and the communities who support them.enHistorical TraumaDevelopmental DisabilitiesIntellectual DisabilitiesCultural TraumaTrauma HealingDisabilityCollective TraumaThesis or Dissertation