Disability and the Victorians investigates the attitudes of Victorians towards people with impairments, illustrates how these influenced the interventions they introduced to support such people and considers the legacies they left behind by their actions and perspectives. A range of impairments are addressed in a variety of contexts.

Iain Hutchison is Research Affiliate in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow

Martin Atherton is Retired Course Leader for British Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire

Jaipreet Virdi is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Delaware