Disability in Roman Culture http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/crips-column/2008/04/disabled-slaves-child-roman
The history of disablist bullying and harassment: A resource for teachers
Challenging bullying and harassment of disabled people in class: a resource for teachers Read this before doing timeline activity with class http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/media/10881/Challenging-Bullying-and-harassment-of-disabled-people-FINAL.pdf Challenging-Bullying-and-harassment-of-disabled-people-FINAL This resource was kindly written by UK Disability History Month Coordinator Richard Rieser and supported by the…
Disability Time Line
This classroom resource aims to help you explain the history of disablism over the last 2,600 years. It was written by the World of Inclusion and should be used from upper primary to secondary.
10 tips to tackle disablist language based bullying in school: A guide for staff
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/media/12271/10-tips-on-tackling-disablist-language-based-bullying-in-school-final-nov14.pdf 10 tips to tackle disablist language based bullying in school: A guide for staff The use of verbal abuse as a form of bullying of disabled children and young people is widespread. This has a significant negative impact on…
Tackling Disablist Based Language Bullying in School
Written by Richard Rieser of World of Inclusion and the Anti Bullying Alliance http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/media/14667/Tackling-disablist-language-based-bullying-in-school-FINAL.pdf
Present in My Past
Purple Patch Arts https://vimeo.com/130333304 A short animation which brings to life the social history of people with learning disabilities and how they have been treated by society. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and developed in partnership with staff at…
Long-Stay Mental Deficiency Hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales
Charles II of Spain (1665-1700)
Charles II of Spain (1665-1700) Paul Williams writes In the 20th century, the British Royal Family hid away some of its members who had disabilities. In contrast, in the 17th century Charles II of Spain was helped to rule that…
The Reunion: Disability Campaigners – full programme transcript (10 April 2016)
The Reunion: Disability Campaigners – full programme transcript (10 April 2016) The speakers in this programme are as follows: SM: Sue MacGregor JC: Jane Campbell BM: Bert Massie PW: Peter White AT: Adam Thomas WH: William Hague F: Unidentified female…
Disability in the Early 20th century 1914-1945
Disability in the Early 20th century 1914-1945 This section describes the tension between different attitudes to disability at the beginning of the 20th century. The return home of disabled ex-servicemen from World War 1 challenged the widespread idea that disabled…