Choose a topic and write about the history of ableism and disability in that period Sparta and the disabled (500 – 300 BCE)

Choose a topic and write about the history of ableism and disability in that period
Sparta and the disabled (500 – 300 BCE)
Imperial Rome and the disabled (20 – 500 CE)
Christianity and Ableism as punishment from God (400 – 1800 CE)
Nazis and Ableism (1933 – 1945)
American Disabilities Act (1990)
Japanese Attack on Disabled Facility (July 26, 2016)
Ancient Egypt and Disability (3000 BCE – 1000 BCE)
Disability in Ancient China (3000 BCE – 1400 CE)
State of Georgia – disabled segregation (2000-2015)
Any topic of your choosing professor approved

1) Outline the basic ideas and treatment of disabled people in your era.
2) What ways was disability defined during your topic’s era?
3) How were the differently-abled (disabled) treated during your topic’s time?
4) What beliefs, attitudes, and values of your chosen topic’s culture influenced the way differently-abled people were treated?
5) In what ways has your chosen topic’s culture or era influenced modern American ideas on the differently abled and disability?

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