Post Tagged with: "Disability history"

The visibility of disability

The visibility of disability

December 3, 2025

Ask a librarian, Our stories, Victorian history:

Today’s blog marks International Day of People With Disability. In recognition, we have chosen some images from our Pictures collection that represent disability from the 19th century to today.

Online Collection Spotlight: History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Online Collection Spotlight: History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

August 8, 2025

Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights:

Through five collections, the ‘History of Disabilities’ database provides an insight into how society viewed disability and difference from the seventeenth century through to today. While some of the practices and terminology may no longer be acceptable, inclusion of challenging content is important to understand how the landscape has changed over time.

Online Collection Spotlight: Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement

Online Collection Spotlight: Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement

October 9, 2022

Collection spotlights:

Are you interested in social justice or human rights? Are you keen to learn how people with disability stood up for their rights? If so, come on a journey into the online database Disability in the modern world: History of a social movement.