Changes In The Enlightenment And Industrialisation

Cultural changes often impact on definitions and this was the case in the enlightenment and Industrialisation. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries the Enlightenment and Industrialisation were influencing factors in the exclusion of people with impairments. Prior to the industrial revolution impairments was seen as a part of society and not as a disability. The enlightenment and industrialisation caused big changes to occur. These changes included a shift in religious beliefs and methods, which were challenged by the uprising of reason and rationality. Scientific knowledge also started to grow in that era. The priest was replaced by the scientist and doctor as curator of societal views and curing methods. Human worth was determined by