Many people have asked me over the last few months for a good place to start learning about disability history, but arguably, there isn't...

EVEN NEWER AND MORE IMPROVED: Go to www.coviddisabilityarchive.com for this same information but with a more logical domain! There is a...

I've decided to write a few quick primers to disability history, as I haven't written anything here for a while since I've been working...

While this pandemic has put a spanner in the works of a lot of academic historical projects, mine included, it has vastly increased the...

EVEN MORE OF A CONTENT WARNING THAN ABOVE. This post is made up of historical terms for disability of which many are considered extremely...

Ever wondered where the terms "mesmerising" and "animal magnetism" come from? No? Well you're about to find out anyway so shut up.

Hey look, this isn't about the Coronavirus! Ugly Clubs were an invention of the long 18th Century (generally covering the time between...