I have a Lucy Mary Jane PLATO born 11th April 1860 who has been described by others of her generation as "handicapped and couldn't walk or speak properly." In the 1891 census her entry was tagged 'imbecile'. I have often thought she may have suffered from Cerebral Palsy or whatever it was called then. I think that era may even have preceded the now politically incorrect spastic' - perhaps 'imbecile' covered it! It is sad to follow her life even at the ten year census intervals; 1861 at home with Mum & Dad, 1871 with her brother John at her father's mother's house, 1881 after both her parents had died with her mother's sister's family and in 1891 with her mother's 80 year old mother. What happened to her after that makes for somewhat sombre contemplation. Alan Plato Melbourne, Australia