Yarn Story Podcast

Episode 2 of 3 Two Steps Forward. One Step Back.   1500s - 1800s  In this new Yarn Miniseries I’m going to give you a rough history of Disability.  In episode two we will see how the aftermath of the Reformation effected people with disabilities. We look at the Elizabethan Poor Laws and the Poor houses many Disabled people ended up in. We enter the massive institutions that were created for people with disabilities, including the infamous Bedlam Asylum and we explore the age of Enlightenment and beyond, when philosophers and physicians attempted to understand, classify and cue mental and physical disability.      -   Full episode transcript available here:  https://medium.com/@mrjohnroche_42475/disability-a-parallel-history-ad51c7673cdb   Sources   Short history of disability By Dr Robert Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js2qgVhmH88  MN Department of Administration - Council on Development Disabilities https://mn.gov/mndd