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Madness and Disabilities: Interview with Geoffrey Reaume<br />
ties whether it is <strong>in</strong> the dom<strong>in</strong>ant western cultures <strong>in</strong> North America<br />
or <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese culture, for example, so discrim<strong>in</strong>ation towards peo-<br />
ple with psychiatric disabilities is wi<strong>de</strong>spread no matter where we<br />
look <strong>in</strong> the world today.<br />
Heilpädagogik onl<strong>in</strong>e: F<strong>in</strong>ally: what's the worth of historical <strong>in</strong>-<br />
terpretation for Disability Stu<strong>die</strong>s?<br />
Geoffrey Reaume: The worth of historical <strong>in</strong>terpretation for Dis-<br />
ability Stu<strong>die</strong>s is to provi<strong>de</strong> more people with an awareness of a<br />
past that most people, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g people with disabilities, don't know<br />
exists largely because it hasn't been properly researched or stud-<br />
ied. By study<strong>in</strong>g all aspects of disability history from ancient times<br />
to the mo<strong>de</strong>rn era, we can show the patterns or discont<strong>in</strong>uities <strong>in</strong><br />
the way people with disabilities have been thought about and treat-<br />
ed <strong>in</strong> history, and also un<strong>de</strong>rstand how people with disabilities have<br />
acted as real people <strong>in</strong> the past, while also provid<strong>in</strong>g important<br />
lessons for the present. It is important for the field of Disability<br />
Stu<strong>die</strong>s to have a solid ground<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> our collective and diverse past<br />
to give everyone un<strong>de</strong>rtak<strong>in</strong>g this study a solid ground<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a past<br />
which is still largely unknown, both for knowledge's sake on its own<br />
merits, and as a way of learn<strong>in</strong>g about how we arrived where we<br />
are today. It is also important for the field of History (which is<br />
where I earned all of my university <strong>de</strong>grees) to un<strong>de</strong>rtake serious<br />
stu<strong>die</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the History of Disability <strong>in</strong> the hope that one day histori-<br />
ans will <strong>in</strong>clu<strong>de</strong> disability as part of our regular <strong>in</strong>terpretations<br />
along with gen<strong>de</strong>r, class and race, <strong>in</strong> how human be<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong>teract<br />
with one another. This can only enrich Disability Stu<strong>die</strong>s and Histo-<br />
ry while provid<strong>in</strong>g a wi<strong>de</strong>r awareness of the past and relate it to the<br />
present. In so do<strong>in</strong>g this historical knowledge can help to challenge<br />
discrim<strong>in</strong>atory practices which have permeated history, <strong>in</strong> or<strong>de</strong>r to<br />
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