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imbecile or feeble-minded."<ref> History of BSDC, State of Nebraska, http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/HisDocs_History%20of%20BSDC_1986.pdf, Accessed Dec 08 2014.</ref>. | imbecile or feeble-minded."<ref> History of BSDC, State of Nebraska, http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/HisDocs_History%20of%20BSDC_1986.pdf, Accessed Dec 08 2014.</ref>. | ||
− | In 1921, the name was changed to the Nebraska Institution for the Feeble-minded along with a new mission statement, which aimed to provide "custodial care and human treatment for those who are feeble-minded, to segregate them from society, to study to improve their condition, to classify them, and to furnish such training in industrial mechanics, agriculture, and academic subjects as fitted to acquire". | + | In 1921, the name was changed to the Nebraska Institution for the Feeble-minded along with a new mission statement, which aimed to provide |
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+ | "custodial care and human treatment for those who are feeble-minded, to segregate them from society, to study to improve their condition, to classify them, and to furnish such training in industrial mechanics, agriculture, and academic subjects as fitted to acquire". | ||
By 1935, in order to assure complete separation from society, NIFM resident’s graves were no longer marked with family names, but with numbers; families desired to disassociate themselves from their “defective” relatives by dehumanizing them. The institution changed its name again in 1942 to the Beatrice State Home, a friendlier title. Sterilizations were confined solely to the Beatrice State Home in 1957. | By 1935, in order to assure complete separation from society, NIFM resident’s graves were no longer marked with family names, but with numbers; families desired to disassociate themselves from their “defective” relatives by dehumanizing them. The institution changed its name again in 1942 to the Beatrice State Home, a friendlier title. Sterilizations were confined solely to the Beatrice State Home in 1957. | ||
− | + | Through the 1960s, three perspectives governed the asylum: education, asylum, and social control. By 1966, 752 residents at the Beatrice facility had been sterilized. Then, on July 1st, 1975, the Beatrice State Home became the Beatrice State Developmental Center, the name that it holds today. The Center specializes in the treatment of children and adults with behavioral and developmental disabilities. | |
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According to a 1976 report from Carl Botsford, from the Nebraska Institute of Engineering; | According to a 1976 report from Carl Botsford, from the Nebraska Institute of Engineering; | ||
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for the 56 years." <ref> HISTORY OF NEBRASKA INSTITUT. 1S. Carl Botsford, D.P.I. Engineering at D.P.I Management Institute, Nov 3rd 1976. Accessed Dec 08 2014.</ref> | for the 56 years." <ref> HISTORY OF NEBRASKA INSTITUT. 1S. Carl Botsford, D.P.I. Engineering at D.P.I Management Institute, Nov 3rd 1976. Accessed Dec 08 2014.</ref> | ||
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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
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File:BeatriceCenter.jpg | File:BeatriceCenter.jpg | ||
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== References == | == References == |