world history disability prime
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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• Inbreeding
– Brothers married Sisters• Women owned all land• Pharaohs needed to control the
land
• Physical disabilities• Mental disabilities possibly
– 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
flash.yorktech.com
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 Ivan V– Tsar Peter the Great’s
Half-Brother and Co-Ruler– Physically disabled– Mentally disabled
World History after 1500
• Charles Darwin• Theory of Evolution
– Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD)
crystalinks.com
World History after 1500
• Alexander Graham Bell• Telephone
– Learning disability
– Hearing loss
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
quotezuki.com
World History after 1500
• Albert Einstein • Theory of Relativity
• Atomic Research
– Learning disabled (dyslexia)
simonhedley.com
World History after 1500
• Prime Minister Winston Churchill – Speech impediment
– Learning disability(dyslexia)
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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