world history disability

People With Disabilities in

• World History to 1500• World History after 1500

by Duane L. Edmonds

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World History to 1500

World History to 1500

• Egyptian Pharaohs• Physical Disabilities and

possibly Mental Disabilities Due to Inbreeding – Brothers married Sisters

• Women owned all land• Pharaohs needed to control the

land

– Amenhotep IV• Renamed himself “Akhenaten”• Worship of one god “Aten”• Father of King Tut

historywiz.com

World History to 1500

• Greek Culture– Exposure of those with

disabilities• Sparta

– Births

– Disabilities from war

– Myths• Inbreeding of godsblog.aurorahistoryboutique.com

World History to 1500• Greek / Roman Gods

– Inbreeding of Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Juno)

• Hephaestus (Vulcan)– God of Smiths (Makers)– Physically Disabled

» Highly Intelligent

• Ares (Mars)– God of War– Mentally Disabled

» War is insane» Outstanding Physique

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World History to 1500

• Philip II of Macedonia– Father of Alexander the Great

• Physically Disabled thru Warfare

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World History to 1500

• Julius Caesar– Epilepsy

(Falling Sickness)• He was thought to be

“Touched by the gods”

vroma.org

World History to 1500

• The Italian Renaissance– Leonardo da Vinci

• Epilepsy

– Michelangelo Buonarotti• Epilepsy

kingsgalleries.com

en.wikipedia.org

by Jacopino del Conte

World History after 1500

World History after 1500• King Henry VIII

– Leg Wounded

– Brain Injury• Both from jousting

accident

World History after 1500

• Tsar Peter the Great’s

Half- Brother and Co-Ruler–

Tsar Ivan V

– Physically disabled

– Mentally disabled

World History after 1500

• Charles Darwin• Theory of Evolution

– Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder (OCD)

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World History after 1500

• Alexander Graham Bell• Telephone

– Learning disability

biography.com

World History after 1500

• Thomas Edison• Light Bulb

– Learning disability

– Deaf

geocities.jp

World History after 1500

• President Woodrow Wilson– Dyslexia– Physically disabled after stroke

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World History after 1500

• Albert Einstein • Theory of Relativity

• Atomic Research

– Learning disabled

simonhedley.com

World History after 1500

• Prime Minister Winston Churchill – Speech impediment

due to a learning disability

biography.com

World History after 1500

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt– Physical disability from polio

history.com

World History after 1500

• Dwight D. Eisenhower• General

• President

– learning disability

biography.com

World History after 1500

• Holocaust– People with disabilities

exterminated

– the war crimes trials • “Three Generations of

Imbeciles is Enough”

• An example of genocide (sterilization)

historywiz.com

World History after 1500

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)– People with disabilities included

• Eleanor Roosevelt– Principle Advocate– FDR was her husband.

childrensrightsportal.org

World History after 1500

• President John F. Kennedy and the Cold War– learning disability– chronic pain

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