The history website of Sjálfsbjörg, the National Federation of the Disabled, was originally created to commemorate Sjálfsbjörg's 50th anniversary. Historian Anna Ólafsdóttir Björnsson undertook to write the history of Sjálfsbjörg for the web version, based on existing printed sources and conducting interviews with two pioneers, Ólöfu Ríkarðsdóttur in Reykjavík and Pálínu Snorradóttur in Hveragerði, who is also knowledgeable about the early years of Sjálfsbjörg in Ísafjörður. Both possess extensive knowledge of the history of Sjálfsbjörg and have contributed significantly to the national association's journal. In addition, an interview that Anna conducted with Ólöf for Sjálfsbjörg's 50th anniversary publication will be published as part of this website after the journal's release. Valdimar Tryggvason, brother of the late Vilborg Tryggvadóttir, gifted Self-Help the photographs she had taken and cataloged with great enthusiasm.

The Sjálfsbjörg photo archive was also extremely useful. The result of that work was nearly sixty websites, in six main sections. The website is set up with the idea that it is easy to add knowledge and information to it, both from older sources and new events.

Since the author presented the story website to Sjálfsbjörg on the association's 50th anniversary, On June 4, 2009, the editorial control and copyright of the material were transferred to Sjálfsbjörg, and all additions and new chapters, even if they are the work of other authors, will become part of a living history website that will hopefully be in constant update and renewal. "The past is no longer what it once was," said a Norwegian historian a few years ago, and the author would like to make those words his own. Web-based versions of historical material are an interesting alternative and, to some extent, offer a different kind of historiography than history written for print publication. The author hopes, however, that the original text will remain largely unaltered, but all necessary additions, that is, brief interjections and corrections, are of course justified.

Everyone is permitted to use material from the website for informational purposes and as a source on the history of people with disabilities in Iceland.

Anna Ólafsdóttir Björnsson, 2009