The stigma surrounding the disabled body has been constantly changing since the ancient period. In other words, the boundaries that separate the able bodied from the disabled bodied are not because of the disability itself, but it is because of the societies perception of the disability. To give an illustration lets look at two parts of the body the eyes and the legs, but first ableism must be defined. Danielle Kinsey defines ableism as being a belief that there is a separate category than those who have disabilities (Kinsey, Eyes and Blindness Unit, Video 1). In the Ancient period one was not defined by there ability of sight or lack there of, for instance individuals who had visual impairments were not segregated from the community. Having …show more content…
Many of these men, if not all of them, suffered from some sort of mental or physical disability. Britain who won the war hid the veterans with disabilities and did not provide any extra care or rehabilitation for them, as a way to hide the monstrosities of war in the event another erupts citizens would be willing to enlist. In contrast, In the Weimar Republic, the response to returning disabled veterans was very different. Veterans were embraced by the government and provided there was a big emphasis on reconstruction and rehabilitation. The government had to strengthen what they believed to be their weakest link. Unfortunately society disagreed with this new welfare system and advocated against this so-called special treatment. Yet what the government did not understand is total reconstruction and rehabilitation is not possible, as their will always be a barrier either mental or physical. Some understood this notion and constructed factories to adapt to the disability in comparisons to the government trying to get the disabled adapt to current