Morwen -- Thanks for the reminder about Hunchback of Notre Dame. That is actually a good fit since I'm including all literature up to the start of World War 1 (which is the turning point I pick as the start of the "modern world"), and I've already included snippets from Shakespeare* and Jane Austen.

Mrrzy -- Regarding the treatment of infants with disabilities in Ancient Greece, another blogger wrote a very good critique & examination of that particular historical "Fact" in another piece for Blogging Against Disablism Day, this year (Which was the event which inspired me to start Plato's Nightmare). It's here: B.A.D.D.: Researching Disability in Ancient Greece.

Suibhne -- Yes, you mentioned the beginning of The Leeching of Kayn's Leg, above. And I mentioned it when a friend in Canada was complaining, this last election cycle, about how no politicians from any party was taking disability rights seriously, and maybe we disabled should start our own party. ...She agreed with me that "The Beggarly Brotherhood" would be the perfect name for such a party.

Thanks for the hint about Axe Handle; Absorjen and Moe have given me some of my favorite stories.

*I also plan on doing a piece on Caliban from The Tempest, and getting around to critiquing Freud's critique of Richard III.