institutional protection, perhaps for life. Something more had to be
done for adults. The physically handicapped and deformed child who
was also mentally retarded needed help, too, and the medical aspects of
the institution had to be expanded to meet these needs. By 1950, age
restrictions here were removed, and Rosewood became not only a school
for the mentally retarded but a medical and psychiatric hospital as well.
The long term colony here, of which this new building is a part, is a
good example of intelligent planning for the future. Its 400 resident
patients are adults whose needs and development demand programs
and facilities different from those provided the youngsters. This build-
ing we are dedicating today offers an excellent opportunity for develop-
ing the trainable assets of the adult.

The energies of the State, in this program, must be directed for the
next ten years toward the development of the already known assets of
the retarded individual, as well as those assets not yet discovered. To
accomplish this will require coordination with other established State
agencies. The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has for some
years been working with Rosewood in an effort to help patients build a
niche for themselves in the community. The Department of Employ-
ment Security has lent a helping hand in finding jobs for patients. To
obtain better results labor and industry must be induced to work more
closely with the Institution to enable it to direct its training toward their
standard of employment.

In addition to all of this, we must educate the community to accept
our patients at the level of their abilities and tear down this wall of
prejudice which shuts them off from equal opportunities now available
to the handicapped in general.

As we meet here today, I have no doubt that the future will establish
the value of this vocational rehabilitation center as an instrument by
which we can meet our social obligation to prepare these patients for
discharge to their home communities.

ADDRESS, COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT

OF THE HANDICAPPED

BALTIMORE

January 12, 1961

It is more than just a pleasure for me to be with you on this occasion.
It is a privilege and one that I have been looking forward to ever since
Mr. Troy asked me to present these awards. More than that, it is inspir-

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