The Routledge History of Disability

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The Routledge History of Disability explores the shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, this wide-ranging collection shows that the history of disability cuts across racial, ethnic, religious, cultural, gender and class divides, highlighting the commonalities and differences between the experiences of disabled persons in global historical context. The book is arranged in four parts, covering histories of disabilities across various time periods and cultures, histories of national disability policies, programs and services, histories of education and training and the ways in which disabled people have been seen and treated in the last few decades. Within this, the twenty-eight chapters discuss topics such as developments in disability issues during the late Ottoman period, the history of disability in Belgian Congo in the early twentieth century, blind asylums in nineteenth-century Scotland and the systematic killing of disabled children in Nazi Germany. Illustrated with images and tables and providing an overview of how various countries, cultures and societies have addressed disability over time, this comprehensive volume offers a global perspective on this rapidly growing field and is a valuable resource for scholars of disability studies and histories of disabilities. List of figures List of tables List of contributors Introduction Roy Hanes Part I: Histories of Disabilities Across Time and Cultures Introduction to Part I Roy Hanes CH. 1. Reason, value and persons: The construction of intellectual disability in western thought from antiquity to the romantic age Tim Stainton CH. 2. The Courage of subordination: Women and intellectual disability in the ancient Greek World Lynne Rose CH. 3. Jane Austen and Me: Tales from the Couch Diane Driedger CH. 4. Developments in disability issues during the late Ottoman period of Turkish history from 1876 to 1909 Mualla Erkilic CH. 5. A short history of disability in Italy Luigi Croce, Federica Di Cosimo and Marco Lombardi CH.6. A short history of disability aspects from Israel Joav Merrick,, Ariel Tenenbaum, Mohammed Morad, and Eli Carmeli Part II: Histories of national disability policies, programs and services Introduction to Part II Roy Hanes CH. 7. The role of international institutions in the process of categorization of ‘disabled people’ (1930-1975) Gildas Bregain CH. 8. Disabilities and Disability Services in Nigeria: Past, Present and Future Paul M. Ajuwon CH. 9. A Short History of Approaches to Disability in the Netherlands Luc Brants, Paul van Trigt and Alice Schippers CH. 10. A Journey of Change – Histories of Disability in Hong Kong 1841-2014 Karen K.H. Ngai, Simon W. K. Wu, and Joanna L. P. Chung CH. 11. Historical Development of Disability Services in Singapore: Enabling Persons with Disabilities Kenneth K. Poon and Meng Ee Wong CH.12. Swedish disability policies: Ideas, values and practices in a historical perspective Rafael Lindqvist CH.13. One difference is enough: Towards a history of disability in Belgian-Congo, 1908-1960 Pieter Verstraete, Evelyne Verhaegen and Marc Depaepe Part III: Histories of Education and Training Introduction to Part III Nancy E. Hansen CH. 14. From their own hands: Collecting oral testimony in signing communities Martin Atherton CH.15. The history of access to education of people with visual impairments in Great Britain from 1790 to 1999 Archie W. N. Roy and Gisela Dimigen CH.16. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Blind Asylums and Missions in Scotland Hazel McFarlane CH.17. Exposure and recovery: Tracing disability history in the midst of cultural absence Myrtle Hill and Nancy Hansen CH.18. Australian Histories of Intellectual Disabilities Dave Earl CH. 19. History and national policy documents on special education in Sweden Kim Wickman and Margaretha Kriftofenssen CH. 20. The Italian Path to School and Social Inclusion: Problems, Strengths and Perspectives Sgaramella Teresa Maria, Nota Laura, Ferrari Lea, Soresi Salvatore, and Aamir Khan CH. 21. Education of People with Intellectual Disabilities and Hearing Impairments in Spain: A Historical Approach Climent Giné, Carles Llombart, and Anna Balcells CH.22. The Case of the "Dull" Pupil in the Norwegian Folk School 1892-1930 Bodil Ravneberg Part IV: Spectacle, Science, Services and Civil Rights Introduction to Part IV Ivan Brown CH. 23. The freak show act: Science and spectacle in the nineteenth century Andrea Zittlau CH. 24. Three Illusions in clinical photographs of the feeble minded during the Eugenics era Martin Elks CH. 25. When is life unworthy of living? Lessons from the systematic killing of children with disabilities in Nazi Germany Ivan Brown Ch. 26. The Genesis of Societies for Crippled Children in Canada and their American Roots Roy Hanes CH. 27. Breaking the rules: Summer camping experiences and the lives of Ontario children growing up with polio in the 1940s and 1950s Karen Yoshida, Susan Ferguson and Fady Shanouda CH. 28. Changing America's consciousness: A brief history of the Independent Living Civil Rights Movement in the United States Steven E. Brown Concluding Remarks Index