Add to ORKGThis chapter proposes that the myths of Hephaistos, the ancient Greek god of metalwork and the only physically impaired member of the Olympic pantheon, can provide insights into ancient inspirations for and understandings of assistive technology. It explores the range of different types of assistive technology that impaired and disabled individuals used in classical antiquity to facilitate their physical mobility, covering staffs, sticks, crutches, corrective footwear, extremity prostheses, conveyances, equids, bearers, and caregivers. It notes the frequent association of impairment and technology in classical antiquity. It argues for a reassessment of the suitability of the Medical Model for use in relation to impairment and disability in ...
This chapter presents an argument for the closer integration of ancient disability studies with sens...
Over the last 20 years disability scholars have analyzed representations of people with disabilities...
WOS: 000456401600006Research concerning disability or the history of disability is only recently eme...
Through the lenses of Disability Studies and archaeological theories of identity, I use ancient Gree...
Upon examining disability in the ancient Greek world through a disability studies lens, it becomes c...
Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire, craftsmen and smiths was the only Olympian with a disability. Hep...
Ancient histories of the disabled body are often characterised by the extent to which disabled peopl...
The literary, documentary, archaeological, and bioarchaeological evidence attests that a variety of ...
The technological achievements of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate and excite admiration....
In the history of human kind in all ethnic groups and communities there have been individuals with p...
Today, a prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, generally designed an...
Over the last thirty years, the development of disability studies as an academic discipline has in t...
Historians of the ancient past, almost without exception, have approached the topic of disability by...
The article examines the developments by the ancient Greeks and Romans of various types of instructi...
Studies on gender, race and sexuality have provided us with valuable insights into the study of disa...
This chapter presents an argument for the closer integration of ancient disability studies with sens...
Over the last 20 years disability scholars have analyzed representations of people with disabilities...
WOS: 000456401600006Research concerning disability or the history of disability is only recently eme...
Through the lenses of Disability Studies and archaeological theories of identity, I use ancient Gree...
Upon examining disability in the ancient Greek world through a disability studies lens, it becomes c...
Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire, craftsmen and smiths was the only Olympian with a disability. Hep...
Ancient histories of the disabled body are often characterised by the extent to which disabled peopl...
The literary, documentary, archaeological, and bioarchaeological evidence attests that a variety of ...
The technological achievements of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate and excite admiration....
In the history of human kind in all ethnic groups and communities there have been individuals with p...
Today, a prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, generally designed an...
Over the last thirty years, the development of disability studies as an academic discipline has in t...
Historians of the ancient past, almost without exception, have approached the topic of disability by...
The article examines the developments by the ancient Greeks and Romans of various types of instructi...
Studies on gender, race and sexuality have provided us with valuable insights into the study of disa...
This chapter presents an argument for the closer integration of ancient disability studies with sens...
Over the last 20 years disability scholars have analyzed representations of people with disabilities...
WOS: 000456401600006Research concerning disability or the history of disability is only recently eme...