Person with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations

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Your rights in the AIDS era. 8, Benefits / Immunity.

A man with a wooden leg collecting brushwood in a wicker basket slung over his shoulder. Pen and wash drawing.

Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War : Honourably discharged on ...

Alton Cripples Home & College : founded by Sir William Treolar : Hornsey Cot.

An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

This is to acquaint the nobility, gentry and the curious in general : to be seen ... during the time of the fair, the surprising Italian Dwarf, two feet six inches high, 25 years of age, born without arms, legs, or thighs. Yet has feet and hands.

A gay man helping his partner who is disabled and has AIDS; an advertisement for caring for disabled partners with AIDS. Colour lithograph by M. Taubenheim and W. Mudra for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Photographic postcard by ND after Jean Turcan, 192-.

Saint Martin of Tours: he cuts a piece of his cloak for a man with impaired legs. Etching by R. Sawyer.

A bearded beggar with a misshapen left leg standing with two crutches. Etching possibly after J. Callot.

A quick & easy guide to sex & disability / A. Andrews.

War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America / Beth Linker.

An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

Disability : transport ephemera. Box 1.

Abrégé de rééducation fonctionnelle et de réadaptation / par Cl. Hamonet et J.N. Heuleu; avec la participation de J.C. Chignon [and others].

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Persons with Disabilities

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Images referencing Persons with Disabilities

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A quick & easy guide to sex & disability / A. Andrews.

War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America / Beth Linker.

An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

Disability : transport ephemera. Box 1.

Abrégé de rééducation fonctionnelle et de réadaptation / par Cl. Hamonet et J.N. Heuleu; avec la participation de J.C. Chignon [and others].

Persons with Disabilities

Images from the collections

Images referencing Persons with Disabilities

Works from the collections

A quick & easy guide to sex & disability / A. Andrews.

War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America / Beth Linker.

An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

Disability : transport ephemera. Box 1.

Abrégé de rééducation fonctionnelle et de réadaptation / par Cl. Hamonet et J.N. Heuleu; avec la participation de J.C. Chignon [and others].

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