A Brief History of Disability

Molly Seymour

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Year: 2023
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781035826704
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

A hidden history of human evolution has been written, but very few people know about the history of disabled people who have been walking side by side able bodied people since the beginning of time.
In this book we shall discover the two true elements which cause our bodies to change, biological and environmental changes that we all face before and during life. History has often regarded disabled people as 'imperfect', but what if they were special people who are unique, and a valuable part of the broader rainbow of human diversity?
This book shall unlock the padlock into human history that has rarely been talked about before. There is more to us than originally thought.

Table of contents

• A Brief History of Disability
• About the Author
• Dedication
• Copyright Information ©
• Introduction
• Chapter I A Hidden History of Disability
• Chapter II Disability in Britain and Europe
• Chapter III Founding Fathers of Disability
• Chapter IV Cerebral Palsy
• Chapter V Dwarfism
• Chapter VI Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Chapter VII Motor Neurone Disease
• Chapter VIII Polio
• Chapter IX Meningitis
• Chapter X Paralysis
• Chapter XI Epilepsy
• Chapter XII Multiple Sclerosis
• Chapter XIII Cystic Fibrosis
• Chapter XIV Spina Bifida
• Chapter XV Muscular Dystrophy
• Chapter XVI Tourette’s Syndrome
• Chapter XVII Deaf
• Chapter XVIII Blindness
• Chapter XIX Huntington’s Disease
• Chapter XX Locked-In Syndrome
• Chapter XXI Scoliosis
• Chapter XXII Parkinson’s Disease
• Chapter XXIII Down Syndrome
• Chapter XXIV A Glimpse into the Future
• References