Association For Retarded Children 1968
April 13th, 2009 @ 12:03 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
They don’t build ‘em like they used to and they also don’t word ‘em like they used to. This 1968 photo shows 133 14th Ave East on Capitol Hill. The Queen Anne style home, built in 1894,
still stands and now houses
David Weatherford Antiques. Click for higher res. By the way, I’m back in the U.S.A. and enjoying drinkable tap water and even the rain.
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| Photo shows three-story wooden building with shutters, porch, pillars, a wooden scupture, and sign saying “Open” and “Association for Retarded Children 133 14th East.” Photo by Werner Lenggenhager, 1968. Photo courtesy Washington State Digital Archives. |
Actually, the word “retarded” was an extremely diplomatic term 50 years ago. The inevitable pejoration of the word led to its anathema status of today. No doubt the same thing will happen to whatever term we’re supposed to use now, and people in 2050 will sneer at our insensitivity.
I used to live two blocks from this house for many years and always admired it. I had no idea of its history!
Indeed, Impatient. It’s called the euphemism treadmill. I think, 50 years ago, words like “idiot” and “moron” may still have been current as clinical terms.
So… they don’t word ‘em like they used to.
Fantastic looking house. They certainly don’t name them like that anymore!! most likely it would have to be “center for disadvantaged mentally less capable” or something. I wonder how more PC we will get 50 years from now.
As a special ed teacher I wonder at all the mis-labeled kids that were parked there. You may not like having to be “pc” about terminology but at least today we are looking closer at kids that learn/respond differently and quite a few of us are seeing amazing individuals.