ARMONIA Case Study Scenarios

During the 1950s, people who had a disability had two options of housing which included living with their families or living in an institution. However, families did not receive much support since most public welfare services were used towards institutional care, such as mental hospitals and orphanages. Throughout the 1960s there were movements to deinstitutionalize, which at that time basically led to smaller institutions. The 1970s allowed for even smaller community-based residential services that were typically designed for not more than 12 people that were similar in terms of age, independence, or ability. Even though different funding was available, many standards were violated in most of the institutions. Throughout the 70s there were movements to close state institutions and provide more community residential services as well as family support. During the 1980s groundwork for families was laid to expand their control of the nature of the support they received and more options were available to help out with living outside an institution. People with developmental disabilities began to gain increased support to having homes of their own during the 1990s and funded had dramatically increased to over $735 for family support programs in 1998. In 2001 the federal government began a new freedom initiative to “remove barriers to community living for people of all ages with disabilities and long-term illness.” In 2011 the decision that the isolation of people with

Those with mental disabilities during the 1930s were treated extremely unsympathetically by society as a whole, almost as if they were below a certain class. Containing a mental disability was almost seen as a burden to the society because of their supposed “adequate” level of economic productivity, which is why most were displaced from

Deinstitutionalization in the 1960s. Around the 1960’s people began to think it was inhumane and overly stigmatising to have individuals who have a mental illness confined in psychiatric facilities (Biasotti et. al. 2014). The general population genuinely thought it would do those who were in a psychiatric hospital good if they were to close down the facilities and become a part of their community.

Throughout history we see a pattern that includes a boom in society alongside a boom in industry. As industry increases, many people move to cities, causing a lack of community and a greater sense of contribution to society as a whole. On the contrary, when we look at time periods with greater agricultural importance, there are many more close-knit family groups or small communities. This idea came into fruition after reading The New Community by Amitai Etzioni. This piece discusses the role of community and society, and how community is defined as unity and society is defined as diversity. On a basic level, we agreed with this statement. As industry booms, the role of the individual becomes less important, and the diverse skill set of a society becomes more important. In a community, there can be diversity, but all people involved need to have a strong commonality that bonds them. I agree more with an idea presented later in The New Community more. “What we need now are communities that balance both diversity and unity.”(Etzioni) This statement reflects our current society, which is extremely diverse. As a large populace, we need to find communities that will accept our diversity, while still sharing a

In the 1930’s people did not understand intellectual disabilities and just thought mentally disabled were “stupid”. Most didn't live past 20 and the mentally

My great grandmother Hazel was born in the late 1920’s and suffered from the mental illness known as schizophrenia. In addition, two out of five children also developed this disorder. Like me, most individuals today can say they know someone who is mentally handicapped. Those who are mentally impaired are, in general, well taken care of by loving family members and trained professionals who decide on a plan of action for him or her. However, mentally disabled people in the time around the 1930’s were treated very differently. In fact, the famous novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck expertly illustrates the daily life of the character Lennie, who is disabled. Back then, mentally impaired people were subjected to cruel treatments, faced limited

The way that society and the government helps so much in the present indicates that during the 1930s they lacked and suffered with both of these aspects. Many people with an intellectual disability were shoved into asylums that were overcrowded and patients were under-fed leaving them in a state of dilapidation (Maisel 6). Builds that were meant to hold only 365,192 patients were filled with 404,293 puls on average "for every 100 mental patients fewer than 12 are discharged as improved” and more than 40% of those lucky few were simply readmitted (Masiel 2,6). While they were admitted, they didn’t receive any sort of education, even though many children were also serving a life sentence. We have come a long way in the last 80 years though.

Ironically the Act for Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Structures Construction was passed in 1963, and had been a part of President Kennedy Political platform. Kennedy’s dream of reducing custodial care for mental health patients by 50% is yet to be realized, despite the well meaning amendment of the Community Mental Health Act in 1965.

Imagine living in a place where you were sent to be aided on a disability and it turns out to be a nightmare. A nightmare where you are living in poor conditions, abused by a corrupt staff, and performed dangerous operations on without your permission. Even though many of us don 't experience this, this is a cold hearted reality for the mentally ill. Not only were the mentally ill treated horrible in these “institutions” back then, but outside they weren 't treated any better. In this research paper I am going to look into the treatment of the mentally ill in the mid-1800s to mid-1900s.

I didn’t know that John F Kennedy appointed a panel to report the aspects of mental retardation. Based on the findings in 1963 John F Kennedy signed into law the community Mental Health Act (Also Known as the Mental Retarding and Community Mental Health Centers Constructions Act of 1963) Which drastically altered the delivery of mental health services and inspired a new era of optimism in mental healthcare. This Law led to the establishment of comprehensive community mental health centers throughout the country. It helps people with mental illnesses who were “Warehouses” health centers throughout the country. It helped people with mental illnesses who were “warehouses:” in hospital s and institutions move back into their communities.

Mentally disabled people in the 1930 's did not have the same treatment, which they are afforded today. Mentally disabled people during this era had the tendency to be placed into mental wards--at an alarming number. Doctors during this time did not have the understanding of mental disabilities that they do today. Many hospitals were overcrowded given doctors would tend to commit the mentally disabled person (given their inability to properly treat them).

B. Through the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the fact that the act was made with no input from people that it would actually benefit. As well as the Civil Rights movement around this time. “Disability Rights Movement, the sixties served as the “staging” years with the emphasis on consumerism, self-help, and demedication demands as well as demands for self-care rights and

In the mid 1970’s the mentally retarded adults housing care had started changing from living with their parents, relatives, or in a large state hospital. This is how the system went until the parents became of aged and or until their relatives were unable to care for them. According, to their daily behavior is how the mentally ill retarded individuals would be treated. If they

In today’s society, wealth is another word for happiness. To be wealthy means to be able to do what you want, so that you can achieve that happiness. It impacts society by making the people view wealth as an easy way of life and in others,

This paper has shown that there is, indeed, a gap in Mexico that needs to be closed. But the reader might wonder, How did this gap come to exist in the first place? There are multiple answers to this, but only the three major possible causes will be explored. The first cause deals with the conditions of the poor citizens. It has been shown that the levels of education, skill, intelligence, health, and race all provide factors for poverty; there is simply not enough access to education, and too few job opportunities. The second possible cause of this has to do with location. Poor areas develop due to a lack of communication and transportation in rural areas. Because of this, the government has no way to provide food and water, health care, or education. People that live there are virtually isolated from the rest of society. The third, and most plausible cause, is the economy and government of Mexico. Institutions interested in decreasing poverty do not have to the chance to do this, because the government fails to carry out sufficient policies to encourage positive development. (The Causes of Poverty in Mexico, Eslbee.com) All three of these causes