Author Archives: Andrew Cook

Introduction From the start of human civilization, societies as a whole have viewed disability as a liability and treated people with disabilities as an afterthought. The first mention of someone with mental disabilities comes from an obscure Egyptian text from … Read More »

My final project will focus on how the Who’s rock opera “Tommy” treats disability, specifically the protagonist Tommy whose mental disability is the focal point of the album. “Tommy” is widely considered the standard that all other rock operas are compared … Read More »