Dis/abled in History Quiz

The Quiz App Dis/abled in History Quiz - A history of people with disability.

Dis/abled in History Quiz is a free quiz about the history of people with disabilities in the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Did you know that there were gods, emperors, kings, generals, poets and thinkers who had a disability but did not allow themselves to be disabled? Disability is not the same as handicap.

Learn the story of the Greek god Hephaestus in Dis/abled in History Quiz. Hephaistos is the Greek god of blacksmithing and an adult member of the pantheon of gods. Emperor Claudius had cerebral palsy, was emperor of the Roman Empire for 14 years, reformed the administration and conquered Britain. M. Sergius Silus was a Roman general who rode into battle with a prosthetic hand. King Saul is described in the Bible as insane. King Balduin IV ruled over Jerusalem with a leprosy disease and fought against Saladin. Homer, a blind philosopher, wrote perhaps the most important Greek works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Demosthenes was one of the most important Greek orators in antiquity and yet he struggled for a long time with a speech disorder, which he treated by putting pebbles in his mouth and shouting against the stormy wind at the sea.

Dis/abled in History Quiz answers your questions on how a person with impairment could gain education, achieve fame, hold his own in war, be treated in medicine, be respected in politics and society and overall make his way. Find out in the Dis/abled in History Quiz app with exemplary questions and learn more about people with impairments as well as disabilities in history.

Learn more about inclusion, impairment, disability, illness, medicine, education and society in ancient and medieval times in the Dis/abled in History Quiz.

The content from the book series "A History of People with Disabilities" lets you immerse yourself in a history that is little known and even less told. Did you know about blind kings who rode into battle, poets with speech disorders, emperors with depression who guided their people or kings with leprosy who went down in history? What was normal and not normal back then?

What was society like in Roman and Greek antiquity, as well as in the Middle Ages and Renaissance? What place did autistic people and people with Down's syndrome or depression have in society in ancient Rome and what did autism, Down's syndrome or depression mean for a person in the Middle Ages and Renaissance? How did people who could not walk, were deaf or blind live in the ancient world in the Middle Ages or Renaissance? How did people with mental disabilities, physical disabilities or illnesses such as autism, Down's syndrome, leprosy, blindness, speech impairment, depression, schizophrenia, difficulty walking, paralysis or deafness live in the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

Find out what was real and what is just legend in Dis/abled in History Quiz. History is more than just the past, it shows what we are and gives us ideas for the future. Disabled history aims to advance the inclusion of people with disabilities in Dis/abled in History Quiz.

The Dis/abled in History Quiz game is a game for young and old. It can be guessed and puzzled with the whole family and friends. However, this quiz as a digital tool can also be used by teachers to accompany and complement lessons.

(Due to ASO, the difference in content between disability and impairment could not always be addressed).