CONTENTS Black, Creed C. Assistant Secretary for Legislation, HEW (accompanied by: Jesse Steinfeld, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, HEW; Robert Jaslow, M.D., Chief, Division of Mental Retardation, Rehabilitation Services Administration, SRS; and Edward Newman, Ph. D., Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administra- Gibson, William M., M.D., director, university-affiliated mental retarda- tion training program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and president, Association of Directors and Administrators of University- affiliated Centers; Hugo Moser, M.D., director of research and training, Walter E. Fernald State School, Waverly, Mass.; Julius Cohen, Ph.D., associate director, Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Winston Cochran, M.D., director, Child Development Clinic, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Messner, Sherwood A., director, professional services program department, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. (accompanied by: Ernest Weinrich, assistant director, professional services program department, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., and Elsie D. Helsel, Ph. D., Washington representative, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.). O'Shea, Rev. Damien, O.H., director, St. John of God Community Services, Westville Grove, N.J., (accompanied by: Lawrence Fiedelman).... Hayes, Arthur Hull, senior vice president, National Association for Re- tarded Children; accompanied by Elizabeth M. Boggs, Ph. D., chairman, Governmental Affairs Committee, National Association for Retarded Cooke, Robert E., M.D., professor of pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Uni- versity School of Medicine, and pediatrician-in-chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.; accompanied by Arnold Capute, M.D., deputy director, John F. Kennedy Institute for Habilitation of the Mentally and Physically Handicapped Child, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Capute, Arnold, M.D., deputy director, John F. Kennedy Institute for Habilitation of the Mentally and Physically Handicapped Child, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.. Barnett, Charles D., Ph. D.. commissioner. South Carolina Department of Mental Retardation, Columbia, S.C., and president, National Asso- ciation of Coordinators of State Programs for the Mentally Retarded- Noone, John J., Ed. D., executive director, American Association on Mental Ganser, Leonard J., M.D., administrator, Division of Mental Hygiene, Department of Health and Social Services, State of Wisconsin; accom- panied by Harry C. Schnibbe, executive director, National Association STATEMENTS Barnett, Charles D., Ph. D., commissioner, South Carolina Department Prepared statement... Campbell, Larry L., coordinator of special education for Isabella Inter- Capute, Arnold, M.D., deputy director, John F. Kennedy Institute for Cooke, Robert E., M.D., professor of pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Prepared statement_ Ganser, Leonard J., M.D., administrator, Division of Mental Hygiene, Department of Health and Social Services, State of Wisconsin; accompanied by Harry C. Schnibbe, executive director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors - - Prepared statement. Gibson, William M., M.D., director, university-affiliated mental retardation training program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and president, Association of Directors and Administrators of Universityaffiliated Centers; Hugo Moser, M.D., director of research and training, Walter E. Fernald State School, Waverly, Mass.; Julius Cohen, Ph. D., associate director, Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Winston Cochran, M.D. director, Child Development Clinic, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.... Prepared statement.. Hayes, Arthur Hull, senior vice president, National Association for Re- Prepared statement.. Messner, Sherwood A., director, professional services program department, Noone, John J., Ed. D., executive director, American Association on O'Leary, John F., special counsel for Francis W. Sargent, Governor, O'Shea, Rev. Damien, O.H., director, St. John of God Community Serv- Weinrich, Ernest, assistant director, professional services program department, United Cerebral Palsey Associations, Inc., prepared statement-Yarborough, Hon. Ralph, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas, prepared statement.. Page 251 33 127 431 239 226 244 263 269 143 147 196 199 162 163 258 191 182 182 178 30 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles, publications, etc.: "A Dream To Grow On"-Chicago Special Olympics Film "Mental Retardation-Construction Program" publication by Secre- "MR 68-The Edge of Change," second report of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation..... "MR 69-Toward Progress: The Story of a Decade," third report of U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare obligations for Page 228 35 343 273 309 433 131 MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 1969 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1969 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Edward M. Kennedy presiding pro tempore. Present: Senators Kennedy (presiding pro tempore) and Dominick. Committee staff members present: Robert O. Harris, staff director; James Babin, professional staff member to the subcommittee, and Jay B. Cutler, minority counsel to the subcommittee. Senator KENNEDY. The subcommittee will come to order. Today, the Senate Subcommittee on Health begins 2 days of public hearings on legislative proposals dealing with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. It has now been 6 years since Congress enacted the basic Federal legislation in this area. We know from the rising level of public concern over this major national problem that the scope and funding of our present efforts are far too narrow to provide the services and facilities that are needed. In the course of these hearings, the subcommittee will receive testimony from public officials, private citizens and the representatives of a number of organizations and institutions familiar with the needs and aspirations of the retarded. The legislation pending before the subcommittee is S. 2846, the "Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act of 1969," which I introduced in the Senate in August, and which is cosponsored by Senators Yarborough, Williams of New Jersey, Nelson, Mondale, Eagleton, Cranston, Hart, and Javits. The text of the bill, along with my remarks at the time I introduced it, shall be printed at this point. (The bill S. 2846 and introductory remarks follow:) |