Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature diverges from current thinking in disability studies in three ways. Firstly, it argues that the metanarratives of disability that persist in disability studies (the prodigy-to-pathology, recirculation, administration, and normalcy theses) are dependent on anachronistic concepts of ‘disability’ that leave unacknowledged the multiple definitions that apply to disability concepts. I have not written at length on these metanarratives in this discussion, as I think they are refutable on principle, but I have instead concentrated on alternative accounts of pre-disability. I will, however, briefly conclude on the evidence drawn from these case studies that supports the case for setting aside these metanarratives.