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Download 20001871.Pdf America's Greatest Undeveloped Asset OPEN THE GATE! TO HOME•HAPPINESS•SECURITY IRE THE HANDICAPPED All citizens should study and support Programs and Plans to rehabilitate and put into employment, our 38,000,000 handicapped. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, INC. Chartered in Washington, D. C., August 20, 1942 Headquarters, 1370 National Press Bldg., REpublic 7-1314, Washington 4, D. C. National Officers AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, INC. PAUL A. STRACHAN, President Miss MILDRED SCOTT, Secretary-Treasurer VICE PRESIDENTS Robert H. Austin Leo E. George Walter J. Mason Arthur C. Smith, Sr. Joseph A. Beirne Patrick E. Gorman Hon. John W. McCormack U.S. Sen. J. J. Sparkman Leo J. Buettner Albert J. Hayes David J. McDonald Elwood D. Swisher Dr. H. C. Byrd Charles J. Hobbins George Meany Adm. M. S. Tisdale, U.S. Sen. Frank Carlson Barney Hopkins Lee W. Minton USN-Ret. Thomas C. Carroll William D. Johnson Hon. Robert Ramspeck Marjorie F. Webster J. Rosemond Cook, Jr. Mary Krasnogor Hon. Jennings Randolph Gov. G. Mennen Williams Walter E. Ditmars John H. Lyons Walter P. Reuther Edward H. Wolfe David Dubinsky James Mark, Jr. Frank S. Riordan DIRECTORS Col. Robert S. Allen Katharine S. Claud Florence F. Leiner Hon. Hardin J. Peterson Roger Arnett Karl F. Feller Marx Lewis Kenneth R. Pohlman Norma B. Aston John Ford Maj.-Gen. M. J. Maas, Sam Sponseller Leo Axlrod Charles R. Jeffrey USMC-Ret. Hon. William S. Tyson Thomas H. Burke C. L. "Lanny" Knight, II Emil Mazey Hon. Samuel A. Weiss Jesse Clark 0. A. Knight Ernest M. Mitchell Dr. W. M. Whitehead MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE .. Harvey Bartle, M.D. 0. Anderson Engh, M.D. William G. Lennox, M.D. Winthrop M. Phelps, M.D. Capt. T. J. Canty, Verne K. Harvey, M.D. Thomas F. McMahon, M.D. Alvin A. Shapiro, D.D.S. MC-USN Charles A. Hufnagel, M.D. William B. Merchant, M.D. William T. Spence, M.D. James Doull, M.D. Herman Kabat, M.D. Max K. Newman, M.D. Jean J. Vivino, M.D. AIMS AND PURPOSES OF AFPH The American Federation of the Physically Haicapped, Inc., was chartered in the District of Columbia, August 20th, 1942, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., as a non-profit, beneficent, educational corporation. The Federation believes that the economic standards of the handicapped can be raised through an organization of handicapped persons and their friends devoted to a pro- [ 2 3 gram and policy which would enable the handicapped to assume their rightful place as self-sustaining citizens. The AFPH is author and sponsor of "NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDI- CAPPED WEEK" enacted by 79th Congress—now Public Law 76, setting aside the first full week in October of each year for the purpose of a nationwide campaign to promote employment of all Handi- capped, and other economic programs beneficial to all Handicapped. It has also been instrumental in developing many programs and policies in both Government and Private Industry. The Federation is a membership organization, with Participating Membership open to those handicapped, in some degree; Associate Membership is open to non-handicapped. The AFPH program has been endorsed by many leading national organizations who have, in turn, called upon their State and local units to assist in all ways possible. Contributions to the AFPH Educational Fund and AFPH Institute for Human Engineering are tax deductible. SCOPE OF THE HANDICAPPED PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES The Report of the National Health Survey berculosis, and other "cripplers", as well as those (1935-36) estimated that there were, then, 23,- having Congenital Defects and Deformities. 600,000 handicapped, of whom 16,000,000 were Previously, the American Medical Association in the non-social security benefit ages between estimated that there were some 55,000,000 in our 15 and 60. Since that time, nearly 19 years have population, in some degree disabled. elapsed and two wars have been, or are being fought, and disabilities, military and civilian, Because some handicapped have two or more have mounted to new highs. different types of disabilities, it is probable, In 1944 the Retraining and Reemployment conservatively, that one person out of four, or Administration estimated that there were, then about 40,000,000 of our population, is physically 28,000,000 persons, in some degree physically handicapped today. handicapped. Since that time reports from official Of that number from 7,000,000 to 9,000,000 and private sources and agencies, including both are severely handicapped by which we estimate veterans and civilians, estimate, conservatively, that approximately 3,000,000 of these are totally an additional 10,000,000 have been added to the disabled and unfeasible for rehabilitation, and handicapped population. the remainder-6,000,000—although possibly Experts testifying before the House Labor ambulant and able to move or be moved, to some Subcommittee to investigate Aid to the Physical- extent, have not the present physical ability, and ly Handicapped, in 1944-46, estimated that there in many instances, lack education or training were, then, a total of 38,000,000 Blind, Partially that would qualify them to perform such labor Sighted, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Amputees, as might be possible if they developed latent Arthritics, Cardiacs, Cerebral Palsied, Diabetics, abilities, physical and otherwise, so as to become Epileptics, victims of Muscular Dystrophy, Mul- able to perform some sort of employment and tiple Sclerosis, Poliomyelitis, Rheumatism, Tu- earn their living, wholly or in part. {3} PRESENT FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND FUNDS INADEQUATE Today, means to grapple with this grave prob- in general, their life span will be only three lem—so fraught with danger to the welfare, even years under that of their fellows. continuance of our beloved Nation—both from a "From a national health and social point of governmental and private agency standpoint, are view, the problem is a continuing, not an epi- sadly lacking. demic one, and the only upsetting factor in the mathematical frequency of Cerebral Palsied Since it has been shown that approximately birth is, the fact that the condition may be 350,000 persons, each year, are permanently acquired as a result of head injury, high fever handicapped as a result of injuries or disease diseases, and the like. Thus, the incidence is incurred in Industry alone, it is noteworthy that raised, and future studies will show the total the so-called Federal-State Rehabilitation Pro- afflicted population to be greater than is gen- gram, in 1953, only "processed" some 61,000 of erally supposed. these cases, leaving approximately 300,000 to be "Of the more immediate and pressing social added to the ever-increasing "HUMAN SCRAP significance, as as the general welfare is PILE". far concerned, is the knowledge that there is today Specifically, the record shows that public and a group of at least 300,000 Cerebral Palsied private institutions—hospitals, nursing homes, under 35 years of age in the United States, clinics, rehabilitation centers, etc., as well as and, at best, fewer than 75 Doctors qualified to specialty schools and educational institutions for treat them. The estimated, total Cerebral Pal- handicapped, especially the needs of the Severely sied victims approximate 700,000. It is very Handicapped, are wholly inadequate. disturbing to realize that treatment facilities are available to only about 2,500. Also, there is great need of more physicians, "Using rounded figures for a more complete therapists, nurses, and specialists in the various national picture, it may be estimated that 9,800 fields of work for the Handicapped, particularly Cerebral Palsied children are born each year educators who are trained in the psychology of in the U.S.A. the Handicapped—Vocational Guidance Coun- "2,800 of them are capable of great im- selors and exponents of the relatively new science, provement, after proper diagnosis and treat- Selective Placement, which should have many ment. thousands of able, and qualified practitioners. "1,400 are so severely handicapped that they As one example, Dr. Winthrop M. Phelps, will be home, or institution-bound. Medical Director, Children's Rehabilitation "1,400 are so mildly afflicted that little or Clinic, Cockeyville, Maryland, and one of the no treatment is necessary. foremost specialists in Neurology, states: "2,800, approximately 30 per cent, are ren- dered mentally defective by the brain injury." "The paralyzing affliction known as Cere- bral Palsy, and which defect is frequently and * * * erroneously termed 'spastic paralysis', is Facilities, trained personnel, and funds to treat broadly described as being a loss of muscle and train the adult Cerebral Palsied are urgently control, caused by an injury or involvement needed, and, in particular, to determine, if pos- of the brain. It is difficult to diagnose; ex- sible, what kind of jobs ;he variously Cerebral asperatingly hard to treat, and, until quite re- Palsied might satisfactorily perform. cently, was a condition about which the Medi- cal Profession, and the lay public, alike, knew The foregoing represents only an approxima- little. tion of just ONE of the severe "cripplers." THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHERS, where "Today, it is known that seven children similar conditions exist, necessitating a vigorous- crippled by Cerebral Palsy, will be born every ly prosecuted, immediate and long-range pro- year, in every 100,000 of population, and that, gram, to remedy them. { 4 AFPH PROGRAM IS BEST PUBLIC CAMPAIGN IN BEHALF OF ALL HANDICAPPED For 14 years, the Program of the AMERICAN where the benefits of warm sun, balmy airs, and FEDERATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HAN- salt water will be available to the Handicapped, DICAPPED has developed and expanded, solely and, to be the one place in all the World wherein with the view to presenting the most practical Handicapped people may be medically treated; and practicable means of effectuating a national vocationally guided and counseled; educated and program, beneficial to all Handicapped people.
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