Normality, Power, and Culture (Davis, Lennard J.)
The introductory chapter in his book, The Disability Studies Reader, returns to the “norm”. It follows the history of normalcy, and leads into Eugenics, the movement of eradicated humans demeaned as “abnormal”, such as the deaf and blind, mentally disabled, and physically disabled. This ideology was pioneered by Galton, who coined the term in 1883. This was not a fascist belief, like it is now considered, but widespread among predominately white countries. Eugenics grouped together the people perceived as “undesirable”, mentioning disabled people, the poor, and criminals in the same breath. People with mental disabilities or “low intelligence” were particularly harmed by this belief system.
Other interesting points: Disability is rarely mentioned in literature, and even more rarely centered.