disability-history-timeline-2013

Recommendations

Info

Medical and technical developments1500sDutch surgeon PieterVerduyn introduces the firstnon-locking, below-the-kneeprosthesis – very similar tothose in use today.18161760sIn Germany, France, Italy and England,the first schools for Deaf people are set up.In Paris, Phillippe Pinel unshackles peoplewith mental illnesses.1815After his leg is shattered by cannon fireat the Battle of Waterloo, the Marquessof Anglesey begins using an artificialabove-the-knee leg, with hinged knee,ankle and raising toes, developed byJames Potts. The prosthetic limb becomesknown as the ‘Anglesey Leg’.A mental asylum at Lancaster Moor opens,eventually holding up to 2,400 patients invery overcrowded conditions.1817Connecticut Asylum for the Education andInstruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, thefirst permanent school for Deaf people inAmerica, opens in Hartford on April 15.36
Medical and technical developments1818Manchester Eye Hospital opens, for ‘curingdiseases of the eye.’1822The American School for the Deaf addsvocational training to the curriculum.1869Swiss surgeon Jacques Louis Reverdinbecame the first doctor to transplant skinfrom one individual to another. This wasthe start of skin grafts.1870The Royal Albert Asylum in Lancasteradmits its first patients. It is one of onlyfour regional institutions in England setup to care for and educate children withlearning disabilities.At this time legislation (such as the1845 Lunacy Act) is unclear about thedistinctions between learning <strong>disability</strong>and mental illness.1902The first practical, commercially availableelectronic hearing aid is made by MillerReese Hutchinson.1905The first successful corneal transplant takesplace in Austria.37
Page 1 and 2: A DisabilityHistory TimelineThe str
Page 3 and 4: A Disability History TimelineThe st
Page 5 and 6: Stereotypes, cultural representatio
Page 8 and 9: Stereotypes, cultural representatio
Page 10: Legislation and policy1300sA law is
Page 13 and 14: Legislation and policy1930The Menta
Page 15 and 16: Legislation and policy1990The Ameri
Page 17 and 18: Legislation and policy2007The UN Co
Page 20 and 21: Achievements of disability rights c
Page 22 and 23: Achievements of disability rights c
Page 24 and 25: Social advances1300sA Guild of Blin
Page 26 and 27: Social advances1894The British Medi
Page 28 and 29: Social advances1976A new cash benef
Page 30 and 31: Achievements in the North West1846T
Page 32 and 33: 1991Manchester City Counciladopts t
Page 34 and 35: Medical and technical developments6
Page 42 and 43: Key individuals100- 44 BCEHephaestu
Page 44 and 45: Key individuals1859The first home n
Page 46 and 47: Key individuals19741974Alf Morris,
Page 48: CreditsEditorLoren Grant, NHS North

disability-history-timeline-2013

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?