In Renaissance humanism, difference was understood through a variety of paradigms that rendered particular kinds of bodies and minds disabled. A Cultural Histor

How has our understanding and treatment of disability evolved in Western culture? How has it been represented and perceived in different social and cultural con

How has our understanding and treatment of disability evolved in Western culture? How has it been represented and perceived in different social and cultural con

Though there was not even a word for, or a concept of, disability in Antiquity, a considerable part of the population experienced physical or mental conditions

How has our understanding and treatment of disability evolved in Western culture? How has it been represented and perceived in different social and cultural con