HLTHAGE 3D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genetic Testing, Classical Liberalism, Grater
10 Jan 2017
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Jan 19th 2016 -lecture 3: historical perspectives of disability 2. Notion of measurement, improvability, perfectibility= turn away from mystical reasons for disabilities. = applied eventually to human beings= could be perfected or improved. Normality as a bell curve= deviate from the average= become not normal but abnormal. Before= by hand= were different. after with machines= all chairs looked the same= what a normal chair looked like. begin to understand normality & interchangeability. Standard version of what human beings are supposed to be or supposed to progress & can be measured against the norm. Instead of society as one unit= individual= individual rights. : businesses are free standing units competing against each other. separate private business= competing. & healthy workers were important to get competitive edge. Public health measures dramatically reduce the impact of infectious diseases in the west. Arthritis, neuroses, diseases of old age, mothers with anaemia, mental retardation etc
