Paul K. Longmore (July 10, 1946 – August 9, 2010) was a professor of history, an author, and a notable disability activist who taught at San Francisco State University.
[1][2] Paul Longmore lost the use of his hands to polio when he was seven-years-old and required breathing assistance from a ventilator at night and for part of the day.
[3][4] 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.
[6][4] Some of the most restrictive of these disincentives (such as those that barred earned income from book royalties, in his case)[7] were soon reversed in a policy change that became known as the Longmore Amendment.
[9] Longmore was a co-founder in 1996 of San Francisco State's Institute on Disability, a program he later directed and propagated to other colleges and universities.