PSY345H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Public Health, Aktion T4, Behaviour Therapy
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New era in lives of people w. disabilities. D. roosevelt (1932) first president w. a disability (polio) Measures taken to make sure no one knew roosevelt was different : disability = sign of weakness. National survey 80% knew he was paralyzed: 75% favoured the depiction of him in a wheelchair. Disabled children vulnerable to infanticide, slavery, physical abuse, abandonment. Infanticide control pop growth & ensure only strong survive. Early greeks & roman patriarchies practiced eugenics (belief in improving human species by discouraging reproduction of ppl w. genetic defects/inheritable undesirable traits: but egyptians = saw infanticide as a crime; Many civilization deformed children = sign of weakness, shame, unnecessary burden. Nazi germany genocide (planned extermination of mentally & physically disabled . Operation t4 hitler era: ppl w. disabilities targeted or the final solution : terminated lives of disabled as means to purify human race & out then out of misery .
