Disability: A New History is a History Documentary programme that first aired in 2013.  Next Show TimesSeasons in Detail
TagsDisability: A New History: Beauty and DeformitySeries 1, episode 4Peter White explores the ideas of beauty and deformity and their impact on the lives of people with disabilities in the 18th and 19th centuries. He considers the account of writer Mary Wortley Montagu, whose appearance was transformed by smallpox at the age of 26, and how society perceived a link between outward deformity and inner wickedness. He also examines the belief that disability was contagious and the influence of expanding scientific understanding on such notions. From 2013 Click to see when Disability: A New History, Beauty and Deformity is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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