Disability Was Treated Like A Crime For Many Years

The Ugly laws made life difficult for people

A policeman, Stephen Schumack, leading a crippled man to a police wagon on July 22, 1954; Source: Chicago Tribune

Laws are made to protect and safeguard the rights of individuals, but in certain societies, they were used against disabled and underprivileged people. There was a dark time in American history when poor people and persons with disabilities were punished because of their physical appearance.