<p>NewsdayTV&#39;s Elisa DiStefano visited the new Museum of Disability History,&nbsp;a one-of-a-kind cultural institution at The Viscardi Center in Albertson.</p>


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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visited the new Museum of Disability History, a one-of-a-kind cultural institution at The Viscardi Center in Albertson.

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