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Disability in Early America

Lectures in History

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What Do You Mean by Lawful Callings?

An incapacity for socially expected labor was the most widely used definition of disability in the colonies and then also in the new republic. The third thing you might notice about dallon's definition definitions is that what unites naturally and casually disabled people is their inability to work. So labor meant something different based on social and political economic expectations. Ohk, so i think ti may pause for a moment for questions. I don't know if anyone wants to put something in the chat. They have any questions so far? Let me know!

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