America’s Gift to My Generation
America's gift to my generation, is equality and integration of the intellectually disabled. Imagine a time around 1970 where “mentally retarded” was divided into classes of IQ’s. An IQ of 50-75 (the “educable”), 50-35 (the “trainable”) and IQ’s below 35 (the “custodial”). Otherwise, scholarly known as Morons, Imbeciles, and Idiots; If the child was even lucky enough to be allowed to attend school. The “Moron” class was taught elementary and some secondary school education, so they would be able to have a future and be self-supporting. It's not just education, It's people too. (Source: Library of Congress)
Sadly, not only were adults were afraid of these often sweet, kind, and loving children and adults, peers
America's gift to my generation, is equality and integration of the intellectually disabled. Imagine a time around 1970 where “mentally retarded” was divided into classes of IQ’s. An IQ of 50-75 (the “educable”), 50-35 (the “trainable”) and IQ’s below 35 (the “custodial”). Otherwise, scholarly known as Morons, Imbeciles, and Idiots; If the child was even lucky enough to be allowed to attend school. The “Moron” class was taught elementary and some secondary school education, so they would be able to have a future and be self-supporting. It's not just education, It's people too. (Source: Library of Congress)
Sadly, not only were adults were afraid of these often sweet, kind, and loving children and adults, peers