Social distancing has been implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. People from all over the world are staying at home and avoiding all contact with others. How do we get here? How did the exclusion of particular human beings become the (new?) norm? Searching for answers, the Dominican multimedia artist María Batlle traces the origin of the concept of disability. Here you can read her interview with one of the greatest experts on disability within the ancient world, Christian Laes.