An injury, illness, or congenital condition that causes or is likely to cause a loss or difference of physiological or psychological function
What is impairment?
A social identity shaped by societal limits and assumptions about impairment.
What is disability?
Emphasizes the social construction of disability rather than just the physical condition.
What is the British Social Model of Disability?
The blending of disparate elements.
What is Contaminatio?
A sense of wonder or amazement evoked by encountering something unusual.
What is Meraviglia?
An aesthetic concept which emphasises diversity brought by contrasting forms.
What is Variatio?
A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in many areas of public life
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Portrayal of subjects in a highly stylised form reflective of social sentiment.
What is idealisation?
Implications of monstrosity or otherness within individuals viewed as deviants in relation to the normative ideal.
What is Deviation?
World maps shape these pre-modern concepts of monstrosity
What is Mappamundi?
Moderation of bodily, behavioural, and gender roles
What is Mediocrita?
Dwarf in Medici court; name adopted as moniker
Who was Morgante?
Key Work: De Generatione Animalium (On the Generation of Animals)
Who is Aristotle?
Key Work: Naturalis Historia
Who is Pliny the Elder?
Key Work: De Divinatione
Who is Cicero?