Did disabled workers enjoy greater rights in centuries past?

stickywicket
stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
edited 28. Jun 2014, 09:23 in Benefits and Working Matters archive
Did disabled workers enjoy greater rights in centuries past?

It's a partial view – but still interesting, especially given the conclusion that 'The history of disability and work - paid or not - is not one of people heroically overcoming their limitations, but of the common struggle to get by.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-27975766
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
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  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Read this article this morning and found it interesting and a new take on the subject.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • jen9432
    jen9432 Bots Posts: 37
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    A very interesting article, I suspect if you had means or a family member to look after you, you would make out ok. Average life expectancy was much lower also back then, so less chronic arthritis type diseases.
    On another note, I can't imagine how they managed their pain levels with very few and ineffective pain killers except maybe beer, mead, or wine.
  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Don't forget the Victorian favourite, laudanum, otherwise known as opium
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    And now called morphine :wink: It was actually available in grocery stores :o
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright

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