3. World History to 1500
• Egyptian Pharaohs
• Inbreeding
– Brothers married Sisters
• Women owned all land
• Pharaohs needed to control the
land
• Physical disabilities
• Mental disabilities possibly
– Amenhotep IV
• Renamed himself “Akhenaten”
• Worship of one god “Aten”
• Father of King Tut
historywiz.com
4. World History to 1500
• Greek Culture
– Exposure of those with
disabilities
• Sparta
– Births
– Disabilities from war
– Myths
blog.aurorahistoryboutique.com • Inbreeding of gods
5. World History to 1500
• Greek / Roman Gods
– Inbreeding of Zeus (Jupiter)
and Hera (Juno)
• Hephaestus (Vulcan)
– God of Smiths (Makers)
– Physically Disabled
» Highly Intelligent
• Ares (Mars)
– God of War
– Mentally Disabled
» War is insane
» Outstanding Physique
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6. World History to 1500
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• Philip II of Macedonia
– Father of Alexander the Great
• Physically Disabled thru Warfare
7. World History to 1500
• Julius Caesar
– Epilepsy
(Falling Sickness)
• He was thought to be
“Touched by the gods”
vroma.org
8. World History to 1500
• The Italian Renaissance
– Leonardo da Vinci
• Epilepsy
kingsgalleries.com
– Michelangelo Buonarotti
• Epilepsy
by Jacopino del Conte
en.wikipedia.org
10. World History after 1500
• King Henry VIII
– Leg Wounded
– Brain Injury
• Both from jousting
accident
11. World History after 1500
• Tsar Ivan V
– Tsar Peter the Great’s
Half-Brother and Co-Ruler
– Physically disabled
– Mentally disabled
12. World History after 1500
• Charles Darwin
• Theory of Evolution
– Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD)
crystalinks.com
13. World History after 1500
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Telephone
– Learning disability
– Hearing loss
biography.com
14. World History after 1500
• Thomas Edison
• Light Bulb
– Learning disability
– Deaf
geocities.jp
15. World History after 1500
quotezuki.com
• President Woodrow Wilson
– Dyslexia
– Physically disabled after stroke
16. World History after 1500
• Albert Einstein
• Theory of Relativity
• Atomic Research
– Learning disabled
(dyslexia)
simonhedley.com
17. World History after 1500
• Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
– Speech impediment
– Learning disability
(dyslexia)
biography.com
18. World History after 1500
history.com
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt
– Physical disability from polio
19. World History after 1500
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• General
• President
– learning disability
biography.com
20. World History after 1500
• Holocaust
– People with disabilities
exterminated
historywiz.com
– the war crimes trials
• “Three Generations of
Imbeciles is Enough”
• An example of
genocide
(sterilization)
21. World History after 1500
• The Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948)
– People with disabilities included
• Eleanor Roosevelt
– Principle Advocate
– FDR was her husband.
childrensrightsportal.org
22. World History after 1500
dissentiscool.wordpress.com
• President John F. Kennedy
and the Cold War
– learning disability
– chronic pain
