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  2. Disability in the media - Wikipedia

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    With this, disability is commonly associated with an illness or disease. Examples include Auggie in the film Wonder (film), or Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. Sinister or evil; Characters who are portrayed as having physical disabilities are cast as the anti-hero, such as in the films Ant-Man and the Wasp (the character Ghost) and Split.

  3. List of common misconceptions about history - Wikipedia

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    The myth that Columbus proved the Earth was round was propagated by authors like Washington Irving in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. [31] Columbus was not the first European to visit the Americas: [35] Leif Erikson, and possibly other Vikings before him, explored Vinland, an area of coastal North America.

  4. Disability in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Gaius's physical disability was considered less of a limitation by the Romans. The next few Notable Romans also had some form of physical and/or mental disabilities, some are backed by supportive evidence and others are speculation based on others accounts. Quintus Pedius was a deaf painter who is mentioned in Pliny's Natural History. [24]

  5. Disability treatments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Disability treatments have varied widely over time in the United States, and can vary widely between disabilities, and between individuals. [1]Throughout the Industrial Revolution many disabled people would still end up in asylums, especially if they were mentally disabled, as those were considered completely untreatable.

  6. Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about the ...

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    OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. The post Black History/White Lies: The ...

  7. Models of disability - Wikipedia

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    Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.

  8. Sanism - Wikipedia

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    Reportedly even within the disability rights movement internationally, "there is a lot of sanism", and "disability organisations don't always 'get' mental health and don't want to be seen as mentally defective." Conversely, those coming from the mental health side may not view such conditions as disabilities in the same way. [18]

  9. Disability - Wikipedia

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    Disability abuse happens when a person is abused physically, financially, verbally or mentally due to the person having a disability. As many disabilities are not visible (for example, asthma, learning disabilities) some abusers cannot rationalize the non-physical disability with a need for understanding, support, and so on. [94] [95]