Recommended Read: ‘Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day’

The book brings into sharp focus the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum to care in today’s society. After Juliet sat down with author Dr. Simon Jarrett and discussed his book, it was clear why Simon has been praised as a “mesmerising historian” and his book has been described as “elegant and provocative”. You can find the book on Amazon here