In the article, Grossberg discusses the ever-changing view of people with disabilities, as well as, the changing policies that were enforced upon them. People in the mid 20th century feared anyone with a disability and “warned that feeble-minded children and adults undermined the social by spawning prostitution, delinquency, poverty, alcoholism, and countless other social pathologies” (Grossberg 730). Every new policy put into place was based on what amount of fear the common people felt towards a mentally disabled person at that specific point in time. While the view of people with disabilities has changed vastly today, there are still people who look down on any mentally disabled person and believe that they are less than every “normal” person in society. While reading this article I felt appalled that people in the American society could have such horrible thoughts about people of the human race. Although this article places and emphasis on the 20th century, there are still people in the world today who would completely agree with what was said in this article. I found myself pondering a couple questions while…show more content… I always saw them at school, but they never participated in my classroom. They had their own class in a different area where they never interacted with all the other students. About halfway through my sophomore year in high school, I began working as a receptionist at Sweet Pea’s Therapy, a pediatric clinic for speech, occupational, and physical therapy. Although not all the kids who came to the clinic had a disability, a great majority did. I was given an incredible opportunity to work with kids who were classified as mentally disabled. Through this process, I realized that they are just like anyone else in society: they like to play with their peers, they enjoy learning, and they love everyone
