What a mess for poor Anne Hathaway! Her portrayal of the Grand Witch in the film adaptation of Rohald Dahl's book, "The Witches," caused a lot of controversy on social media. The evil witch has claws for hands in the original version, but in this remake, she sports hands with ectrodactyly, a congenital malformation. The wave of protests on social media, led by athletes with … [Read more...] about Beyond burning witches
Juan Pablo Salazar
Juan Pablo es Consultor del Sector Social del BID para asuntos de discapacidad.
Bocaccio and the COVID-19: Disability in the days of The Plague
Looking for stuff to do during the quarantine, I played the Decameron audiobook, remembering that it was about the Black Death. I thought I could find something on how people with disabilities were dealt with during the XIV century. I found it fascinating. It´s as if not a day had gone by since that March in 1348. Like today, the leading actor in the Western World was Italy, … [Read more...] about Bocaccio and the COVID-19: Disability in the days of The Plague