On Saturday, April 12, the former Church of Madonna delle Vittorie in Mantua hosted a moving reprise of “In principio era la rupe” (In the Beginning There Was the Cliff) by the University of Verona’s Teatro a Rotelle company, at the invitation of the Association of Parents for Autism. Directed by Nicoletta Vicentini and Jana Karšaiová, the performance struck deep emotional chords. “In principio era la rupe,” with its ironic title evoking the cruel Spartan practice, offered a powerful reflection on the evolution of perceptions of disability throughout history.