How Dickens helped us see the disabled in a new light

JERUSALEM: Famed author Charles Dickens used literature to showcase discrimination against the disabled who were "feared" and seen as "monstrous" in the 19th Century in Victorian England, according to a new research.

"Social attitudes towards the disabled can often be traced through art, from ancient times through today," said professor Avi Ohry of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine.

In the literature of the 19th century, physical deformities were often interpreted as "outward manifestations of inner depravity" or "punishment for moral failings" , Ohry said. And while Dickens does portray some of his disabled characters in this way, many of of them are uniquely sympathetic and inspirational — a surprisingly progressive attitude, considering the era's social bias towards the disabled.

Examples are heart-tugging Tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol" and Phil Squod, a loyal and good-hearted servant in "Bleak House" , both of whom are "crippled" .

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