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Timeline 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000s
1950s: Sterilization, Segregation, and Institutionalization are the Norm.
Children and adults with developmental disabilities are considered "mentally deficient" and shipped off to Gracewood State Hospital, Gracewood School for Mental Defectives, or the Georgia State Hospital for the Insane at Milledgeville. Hour after hour they sit on long benches or lie on the floor. They sleep in long wards, their beds inches apart. Sometimes they are isolated, shackled, or are test subjects in medical experiments.
1952: A group of dedicated parents begins to meet regularly to share their concerns, challenges, and hopes. Their gatherings lead to the creation of what is now AADD. 1953: AADD opens the Fairhaven School, a full-time educational institution for children with mental retardation. 1956: Inclusion vs. Segregation AADD leaders realize that they can't provide enough schools for every Georgia child with mental retardation .They begin to consider advocating for inclusion of their children in public schools. AADD also begins fundraising efforts. 1959: As the decade ends, state institutions remain overcrowded, understaffed, and under-funded. Georgia's three institutions warehouse 2,200 "patients" with developmental disabilities, yet statewide there are only 11 educational classes for people with mental retardation. RESCUE (now called AADD's Georgia Family Support) provides case management and in-home training for Atlanta families. This innovative program is funded by a federal grant from Model Cities.
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