Treatment of the Disabled

S. Biller A.Warner

M. Warner M. White

March 15, 20078th Grade World Studies

9th Period

WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM(S) BEING ADDRESSED?

• maltreatment of the mentally disabled

• horrible care of the mentally disabled

• negligence of the mentally disabled

• mentally ill treated as criminals rather than patients

• deaf and blind were not being educated

WHO WAS IMPACTED BY THESE PROBLEMS?

• helpless people• forgotten people• insane people• prisoners• homeless people• mentally retarded women and men• blind and deaf people

WHAT METHODS WERE USED BY REFORMERS?

• visiting places where the mentally ill were kept

• writing numerous reports describing what was observed at the different locations

• sharing what was observed with the state government and demanding a change

• advocating for the mentally disabled all over this country and in Europe

WHAT CHANGES WERE ACHIEVED BY THE REFORMERS?

• Dix’s efforts resulted in more than 120 hospitals being built with safer conditions and personnel to help the mentally disabled

• conditions at mental hospitals in Rome were improved

• Gallaudet started the first American school for the deaf in Hartford, CT

• Howe founded the first school for the blind in Boston, MA

Cutler, David L. “History of Psychiatry in Oregon.” OHSU Department of Psychiatry. 14 Mar. 2007. Oregon Health & Science University. 14 Mar. 2007 <

http://www.ohsu.edu/psychiatry/grandrounds/moraltreatment.shtml>.

CREDITSSlide 1

“Memorial to the Massachusetts Legislature (1843).” USINFO – The United States Department of State. 14 Mar. 2007. U. S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs. 14 Mar. 2007 <http://usinfo.state.gov/ usa/infousa/facts/democrac/15.htm>.

Dix, Dorothea L. “Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts,” (1843) The History of Mental Retardation, Collected Papers, http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/docs/737.htm?page=11#58, paragraph 58, Disability History Museum,

www.disabilitymuseum.org (March 14, 2007).

Dix, Dorothea L. “Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts,” (1843) The History of Mental Retardation, Collected Papers, http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/docs/737.htm?page=13#74, paragraphs 76 and 77, Disability History Museum, www.disabilitymuseum.org (March 14, 2007).

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