PSYC85H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spinalonga, Intellectual Disability, The Daily Progress
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Lecture one: exceptionality, a non-judgemental term referring to a deviation for the statistical norm, may refer to a deviation much higher or lower than the norm. An island segregated from the rest of the community that was home to lepers and their families: humanitarian and legal reforms in the 18th century, emancipation. Became more open to the isolated: if the disabled were unable to keep up with the demands of their society, they might find themselves homeless, the church stepped in to take care of the homeless. At the time, they had the power and the resources. Christianity had a massive emphasis on charity: directed it to the impoverished disabled citizens. Charity and pity maintains the scaffolded view that those with disabilities are below those who are considered normal : non-government organizations (ngos) began to form to advocate for the disabled, institutionalization. Government stepped in to help the disabled. Built institutions to house them away from society.
