A Disability
History TimelineThe struggle for equal rights
through the ages
www.merseycare.nhs.uk/media/1749/disabiliyt-timeline-2013.pdfStereotypes, cultural representations and attitudes
Legislation and policy
Achievements of the disability rights movement
Social advances
Achievements in the North West
Medical and technical developments
Key individuals
This new Timeline aims to document how
attitudes towards disability have differed (or not)
through the ages and across cultures. It also marks
the contribution of individuals and groups to
advancements in health and social care in relation
to disability; and it highlights legal and other
landmarks in the struggles towards equal rights
of disabled people.
This is the third such resource which NHS North
West’s Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights team
has produced.
2008 saw our BME History Timeline to honour
the contribution of Black and minority ethnic staff
to the health service since its foundation in 1948.
In 2011, we produced a Timeline which
acknowledged how lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people contributed to, and challenged,
medicine and health care through the ages.
We hope you find this Timeline and its booklet
interesting and informative, and that they will
prove to be a valuable educational tool for the
NHS and other public sector bodies.
Shahnaz Ali OBE
Director, Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights
NHS North West
March 2013