3,181 Comments Posted by Lynne

From Wikipedia:

'In the city charter, granted on March 18, 1816, the "Pittsburgh" spelling is used on the original document, but due to an apparent printing error, the "Pittsburg" spelling is found on official copies of the document printed at the time.
On December 23, 1891, a recommendation by the United States Board on Geographic Names to standardize place names was signed into law. The law officially changed the spelling of the city name to "Pittsburg", and publications would use this spelling for the next 20 years. However, the change was very unpopular in the city, and several businesses and organizations refused to make the change. Responding to mounting pressure, the United States Geographic Board reversed the decision on July 19, 1911, and the "Pittsburgh" spelling was restored.'

Meghan,

People who died were sent elsewhere for interment or cremation.

Don't be. I make most of it up. ;-)

an unrespectful dirty vith??{no idea here} = "a disrespectful piece of dirt"

The commentator's name is a misspelled version of a part of one's anatomy, using the colorful jargon of the day. :-)

Well, I was just curious. Santa is quite covered with soot when he's finished doing his Christmas gig, so you never know. ;-)

Oh my God - what a disaster! 8`-)

Gosh. I thought we had already covered this territory. I've worked in 5 different places similar to this and there are good ones and there are bad ones and their quality revolves totally and exclusively around how much money the community votes to let a facility have. They give no money, the facilities don't do such a hot job. They give a lot of money, the facilities do a great job. But even without money some of the staff in these places have made it a true home and have kept many of these very fragile folks alive and happy, so please don't automatically assume that every single place was a snake pit and every single client went through hell, because that's just not true. Put off the black-and-white viewpoint and come visit us sometime, because "we" are still out there. I work in one of "these places" and I can tell you a whole lot about the good and bad. Get out there and volunteer along side us and push your congresspeople for increased taxes for folks with handicaps; then we'll be happy to listen after you've experienced the good and the bad.

That book was one of the classics in the field. It was written in 1980 by McClennen, Hoekstra & Bryan, and was a curriculum for teaching social skills to people with severe intellectual disabilities. You could do an inventory to assess the person's current social skills and then there were actual programs to help teach and develop any needed skills. This started with basic skills, such as how to make eye contact, social smiling, etc., and then moved up the ladder of basic interaction skills that most of us learn naturally but many folks need help learning.

[Sigh . . . . . . ]

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All right! Another veteran! Please tell us some of the history when you have time. A lot of people seem to think all we ever did in residential facilities was ECT and lobotomies. Well, that's after we drugged and restrained them, apparently. :-)

It's OK - I called Grifspop a girl recently, so it's just karma, turning me into a boy and all. ;-)

Agreed, Kaylia.

No, these particular showers are just standard communal showers, like in junior high and high schools. Frankly, they give more privacy than our shower room afforded in junior high - it was just a large communal room with shower heads hooked up to the walls and no individual stalls.
I think I remember reading or being told that for institutions the delousing liquid was put in a pail or basin and then you doused yourself or were doused with it. The cost associated with constructing delousing showers would not have been part of an institution's budget. Actually, I am not familiar with them being used anywhere but in Germany, but I am very likely wrong. Anyone else know?

Good man that you are, Truckie!

Do you mean "stain" or "santa" or do you really mean "satan"?