L HEALTH STATE INSITUTIONS – RELEASED MENTALLY ILL KEPT DISABLED- UNTILL GOV ALLOWED PRIVITE COMPANYS TO STEP IN ONLY RECENTLY- BIG PUSH IN LATE 1980S AS MANY HOSPITALS WERE FORCED TO CLOSE B/C OF REPORTS OF ABUSE UNSKILLED LOWPAID WORKERS EX- STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER IN FORTWAYNE PLANNED TO CLOSE LONG AGO NOT ABLE TO FIND PLACMENT FOR INDIVDUALS STILL OPEN- AFTER CHARGES OF ABUSE/NEGLECT --- MOST INDIVIDUALS WENT FROM INSITUTIONS TO SMALLER FACLITYS, NOW PUSH FOR GROUP HOMES- HOMES WHERE 6-8 CLIENTS LIVE WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD A FAMILY, OR LIVED A NORMAL LIFE (ROSE KENNEDY (LOBOTOMY)- HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM ROUTINES THAT WERE THE SAME FOR MANY YEARS. HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE CHOICES HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY EVEN LIKE OR DISLIKE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO ACT IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE FEARS OF ABUSE, OR DON’T RECOGNIZE IT HAVE FEARS OF BEING DIFFENT, SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICATION CAUSE INVOLENTARY MUSCLE STILL STORONG STIGMA OF MENTAL RETARDATION HAVE NO FAMILY- SOCIAL TIES- OR PEOPLE TO REALLY DEPEND ON STAFF THAT WORK I N GOUP HOMES – TRY TO DEVELOP INTRESTS, HOBBIES ECT TRY TO OVERCOME BEHAVIORS LEARNED IN HOSPITAL TRY TO TEACH SOCIAL, HYGINE, AND EVERY DAY SKILLS LIKE COOKING, CLEANING, GOING TO WORK, ECT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO BECOME INVOLVED THESE ARE PEOPLE- HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE BEEN IGNORED, ABUSED, AND VOLIATED WHO HAVE OVERCOME ODDS THAT OTHERS CANT IMAGINE WHO CRY, GET UPSET, GET HURT, HAVE FEELINGS, FEEL LOVE, AND COMPASSION EVEN AFTER AND WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE DISABLITYS THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANYBODY IN THEIR LIVES THAT DIDN’T GET PAID TO BE THERE COMMUNITYS NEED TO ACCEPT AND OPEN THEIR ARMS TO THE DEVELOPMENTALY DISABLED TREAT THEM WITH THE RESPECT YOU WOULD ANY OTHER PERSON GET TO KNOW THEM- OFTEN OPEN, FRIENDLY, LIFELONG FRIENDS- WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE OUT IN COMMUNITY- DO NOT MOCK OR TEASE OR TALK TO THEM LIKE THEY ARE A CHILD DO NOT IGNORE THEM – OR GAWK MAKE THEM WELCOME- IN STORE...
