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George Simons, president of hopelessly enmeshed in day -to -
the Goderich and District day problems such as seizures
Association for the Mentally and constant screaming."
Retarded attended a meeting of 'fere are many of these
thd Ontario Association for the ° multiple handicapped chilciren,
Mentally Retarded, in Ottawa-- she said later ,They can't go to the
and came home filled with new day-care centres when they can't
ideas and renewed vigor. stand up. What's to be done with
"The theme was the Challenge there?
of Change,-" said Simons. "And She described a home, in which
thingl are changing where the a 5 -year-old child is hyperactive,
retarded are concerned. The and constantly awake:, The child
emphasis is on the„ regional can't make herself understood
concept. l think that's the only way and is quite destructive. Because
to approach the problem." of herthe baby doesn't get its
The grass roots proper rest and must be locked in
representatives — about 500 in ,its room to protect it. An older
numbers — spoke up at -a the child can't bring her friends
•sess on, and asked that the home. The Smiths Falls hospital
retarded themselves be inVai'vvd'-- tras-taiterrifre-efiri-ld tern:pe rs-ri-ly
in planning and"' developing f-r'om time to time to give the
programs in the communities. parents relief.
"If you don't have a special day- Mrs, Hurtig said the Children's
care centre for the retarded in Aid Society in Ottawa has been
-yopr area, get~ b'usyand:organize. advertising for homes for more
one," the mother of a 10 -year-old than 100 children and 35 of these
retarded boy told parents are children who ,need special
attending the conference. homes because they are retarded.
"It's tremendously helpful," questions chiefly about the
Cay Shedden of Toronto said. • Ontario Government's recently
-Mrs. Shedden helped found the announced program . for the
Apple.wor.h Special DCare mentally retarded' in the
Centre in Scarborough four years or•thea—S ern pa tT qf` f rF�e'provrnce
ago. It was started in a church were put to the panel, ;whose
basement. Now it is open five days . members . were Gerry Anglin,
a week and has 12 children past president of the OAMR,
attending. . Walter Williston, author of the
As a. result: or the one-to-one Williston Report, and Dr., D.E.
attention given the children, Mrs, Zarfas, director of the, health
Shedden and her husband are able Department's mental retardation
lo take their own boy shopping and services branch,
out to ball games. Other children Full implementation of the
have, been helped in other ways. Williston report, according. to its
One child of 14 has begun to speak, author, is going to take a while.
A child who couldn't feed himself "We'll be lucky if it.'s completely
because the mother had other fulfilled in 10 years,'' he said.
children and couldn't take the "We'll make major steps ,in
time necessary.to teach him now five—and if we don't, make it in
that time it will take 25."
A representative from. the
South Peel Association in
Mississauga wanted to know
what's being done to help the older
retarded. There are many
mentally handicapped adults in"
the communities, he said "who've
sort of missed the bus on'all th0
is feeding himself.
Mrs. Shedden told the meeting
there are three such day-care
centres in Metro Toronto.
There- is a great need for this
kind of support, said Dorene
. Hurtig, a social worker in the
child Develcpment Clinic at
Ottawa.
--"what s tieing-dere€-te- help--tn;gy�tlnat ar'e going nn new."
families that are being destroyed Dr. Zarfas said that starting
because -of .a._child who must be this year 200 persons will be
,.kept athome forlack of any other moved from the Oi illia Hospital
place for him to go?" she asked .School. to .the Oxford Mental
the meeting. Health Centre in Woodstock. •At
"1 see- family after family ' Whitby 170adults will,be brought
into a mental retardation unit But there has. been a reduction pattern the mentally retarded are•
"and we will begin retraining"' of population in the psychiatric still being treated as second -
staff there who have been chosen „ hospitals,_ he ,sad. Putting the class citizens." '
to become mental retardation retarded in these quarters is an Greater c o m m u nvi tey
councillors." , expediency "not something we Cepresentation on the boards of
•Dr. Zarfas headed', the task consider a major forward step. local associations was requested.
force of 50-12 representing the Staff is' available. Space pis Pile group thought pore
OA'M1—whose report" was tabled available." experimentation with different
in the Legislature last'I'uesday by a Mr. Anglin said he was serving types 01' residences should be
Health `Minister -Richard Potter.. notice on the present Minister of clone,
A young woman wondered about Health and all future health Also . recommended:
whether "we aregoing forward or ministerrs that former-, 1I3 persuading* local , boards of
backwards...a tot of people think sanitari ms , and 'psychiatric education services; expanding
the retarded ave. emotionally hospitals aren't good enough. day rare services for the,
disturbed or _mentally ill. Is it "As long as we 'continue putting r' e t a rd e d a n d . m e n t Ally-
helping
lly 'helping iffien you put there in the retarded into former TB handicapped.`'
psychiatricMhospitals?" sanitariums and. radar• stations A pilot project aimed at
Dr. Zarfas said he has had and psychiatric 'hospitals that improving existing services for
similar concerns. The Oxford have,been emptied because of the the mentally retarded in the
•--eentre-hadenceactwed epileptics- c r -drug ra a r'Pa wa_s,deSO.!Ilied by it,a
and tubercular.' . patients. Now ohstet.ri.cs ward_of...a, hospitraL„in co-ordinator, Bruce C.►ningham.
except for 1.20 psychiatric beds, ,it Hamilton has been' offered --as As a result of this project there
will house the mentally retarded. long as we go on seeing this has been an increase in services
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to the mentally retarded over the
past five years, and more persons
are being helped.
Oakville's citizen of 'the year
Harry ' `Red" Foster said Friday
night that he was heartened by
MPP Jim Sriow'srecent'
'announcement of new plans for the
mentally retarded on the site of
the;Or•tona Barracks.
However he said that even more
important than new facilities is
our attitude toward the retarded.
"The retarded are real people
with real needs to be met and real
contributions to make.
'"For too long we regarded the
retarded not as persons to be
respected, but almost as things to
elle®h,ciden away: For ,too .long, we
gave them our pity when they
cried out for our understanding
and love.
This is National MR :eek
Canada's top, female vocalist,
Anne Murray, proclaimed May
14th -20th as National Week for
the Mentally Retarded and asked
all Canadians to join her in
making Flowers of H'bpe bloom,
both figuratively and • literally,
from, the Atlantic to the Pacific.
During the week, more than 350
Local Associations for the
Mentally Retarded throughout
•
"We must appreciate'
that (the
retarded) have much to give their
communities; and much to teach
us about courage and
perseverance, and love.
"The retarded person...rfierits
our respect and needs Our love,
To educate the public more widely
to this ideal—that, I suggest, is
the great- taskto which-xou-and I
must address .ourselves,
together. 4�°� :...:, .
Originally a Torontonian, Mr.
Foster outlined the quality• of life
in his adopted Oakville:
'Its the .atmosphere—the
'people!'Type of living, fresh air,
trees, the lake, 'the 16 -Mile
Creek, the harbour. Oakville is.a
self ,contained l -
.entity, wel.kept..
.com.munity, where people banded
together to preserve the heritage
of old homes, churches and other
buildings."
Harry Red .,Foster has a long
and impressive record.J of
participation of .the mentally
retarded movement in Canada. In
° .1954 the Harry E. Foster
Charitable Foundation was
established to send' money to
different programs for , the
'Can °a" lc a w VrT s e e 1c .p ii Yi T r c retie- T lie `%al l in yea -he
understanding and supportwas chairman of the public
through their Flowers of Hope campaign for the retarded. In
campaign. 1956 he collaborated in
"Volunteers are always needed, or
discussions leading to the
at Local Associations said ''fmation of a . national
• Miss Murray. and financ rat organization which later became
support is of course essential.
,But most of all, we ask for more
understanding and acceptance of
the rights, ,the abilities. and the
potential of" Canada's 640.000
mentally reta•rcfed people."
"Ii'; for one •reason or another
you .can't acti.vely'support your
Local Association". she added.
"you can show you care by
planting Flowers of Hope seeds.
They are symbolic of . the hope,
courage • and promise of the
mentally retarded. and sent to You
by retarded youngsters and adults
from workshops throughout
Canada."
"The mentally retarded
•'themselves are like flowers of
hope", she suggested. -Their,
garden needs 'the rare and
cultivation of an understanding
public."
Miss 'Murray is an active
volunteer. wi.th'..the nt3tiorri�.}
association and recently donated
her talents in: making radio and
television ,peombtional matt;,rial
for use across Canada. A former
teacher. she'has also worked as a
volunteer in 'sheltered workshops
Hi the Maritimes.
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the Canadian Association fOr
,Retardet''Children.
Foster helped tireet the first
provincial information and turd'
raising campaign tor tlie Ontario.
Association in 1957, and ;was
named honorary president, lle
helped establish • the Retarded:
Children's Trust .t'or spacial
projects. in—1958. _Be provided
financial assistance to the first ,
development director 'for the
Canadian Association in 1958, and
in 1961 made an . initial
contribution of $25,0Q0 to CFTO
Telethon which raised about
$200;000 for the retarded.
In 1963 he suggested a national
crusade on behalf of the retarded,.
.-andthefoIii wing yea`reontribted
$100;000. to: the crilsade He,.:�•
served as chairman Of the • first
Canadian Special Olympics ,in
Toronto, in which 1,200 children'
—participated in •F369--hi--1-970--he„.
was appointed full time executive
director of the Foster Foundation
to help co-ordinate projects for
the retarded. The : Harry E.
Foster employment training
Centre in Toronto was opened in
101. That same year"he again
actetas chairman ofthe Canadian
special Olympics, and published a
"special Olyinpics newspaper for
distribution across the country
through the Canadian
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