Out from Under was curated by faculty members from Disability Studies with an exhibit displayed at Royal Ontario Museum (ROM, April - July 2008. Their work was supported by the RBC Foundation through the Ryerson-RBC Institute for Disabilities Studies Research and Education.

The curatorial team, Associate Professor Kathryn Church, Professor of Distinction Catherine Frazee, and Director Melanie Panitch, launched a new special topic seminar designed to uncover the hidden history of disability. Students were invited to identify an object representing a particular era or moment in Canadian disability history and explore its significance.