Resident dining facilities |
In the 1960s, the architecture of the buildings reflected the medical model with separate lounges, showers, and toilets for staff. Residents were grouped together in large, sterile rooms. Floors were made of heavy tile for easy cleaning. Bathrooms contained toilets without stalls for the convenience of cleaning and monitoring residents. Professionals further separated themselves from their "patients" by wearing clinical white jackets that displayed their name and title. These institutional features demonstrated not only the high status of the professional, but also the low regard for persons with disabilities. As "patients," people with disabilities were diagnosed as "incurable". |
