EEX 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Female Promiscuity, Anne Sullivan, Randalls And Wards Islands

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Education-Exceptional Child & Core Comprehension
• Course: EEX 2000
• Professor: Penny Cox

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References to people with disabilities are found in accounts related to: 800 bc: spartans decided if weak children would be raised or left to die. 449 bc: twelve tables of rome (cid:862)a father shall i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediately put to death a so(cid:374) recently born, who is a monster, or has a form different from that of members of the hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) race. (cid:863) 400 bc: hippocrates refuted the idea that epilepsy was a curse or caused by the gods. 360 bc: plato plato"s repu(cid:271)li(cid:272) e(cid:374)dorses sele(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:271)reedi(cid:374)g to i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) a(cid:374)d eliminate defects/weaknesses. 15th century: court fools people with physical or mental disabilities. 1494: (cid:862)the ha(cid:373)(cid:373)er of the witches(cid:863) eizures (cid:449)ere i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ati(cid:448)e of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:862)agai(cid:374)st god(cid:863) and endorsed by the pope. (cid:1005)6(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s: eliza(cid:271)etha(cid:374) poor la(cid:449)s esta(cid:271)lished refers to (cid:862)i(cid:373)pote(cid:374)t poor(cid:863) 1824: almshouses opened in new york (cid:862)for lu(cid:374)atics, idiots, a(cid:374)d epileptics(cid:863) 1854: new york asylum for idiots established (cid:1005)(cid:1012)66: idiot (cid:272)hool ope(cid:374)ed at ra(cid:374)dall"s isla(cid:374)d (cid:1005)(cid:1012)4(cid:1004): p. t.