Shakespeare & Disability Shakespeare and his audiences understood their bodies within the frameworks that were available to them, as we do now. The most widely accepted…
Horror & Disability The horror genre has long grappled with its portrayal of disability, often reflecting the societal prejudices of its time. Emerging alongside…
Eugenics?! This zine is a collection of thoughts on eugenics by a variety of disabled people. Eugenics is a set of largely discredited beliefs and practices that supposedly aimed to improve the genetic…
Disabled Leaders 1 Disabled people have not always existed at the bottom of society. When the histories of people with power are recounted, disability is often…
Saints & Disability There is an assumption that in times before modern medicine, disabled people didn’t survive or live for very long, and that their lives were a…
Ancient Egypt and Disability Ancient Egyptian society was more accepting and inclusive of disability than many contemporary societies. Disabled people were integrated into…
Star Trek and Disability - Vol 1 Infinite diversity in infinite combinations was not just an in-universe philosophy but it was something that Star Trek shows themselves strived…
Dwarfism History Many prominent people with dwarfism have existed throughout history. Some held high positions within the royal courts of ancient Egypt, while others were hidden away, enslaved or dismissed…
Mend the Gap? Disabled people were not a priority and were kept in workhouses and asylums when rail systems were built. The UK built some of the earliest rail systems, but they were never intended to be…
