Hi, People in State homes were usually committed by order of a District- maybe some county Judge You didn't drive down and commit someone like enterring a local medical hospital. This kept someone from commiting an unpopular relative in violatio of his Civil Rights. Judge William Wayne Justice of Tyler rulad thatthis was necessaryforpatient protection. He went beyond the Doctor's recomendation and said handicapped children and severely retarded or epileptic had Civil Rights and it was the local school's job to educate them , with maximum possible mainstreaming and some self contained. As a Retired teacher who passed Special Education State Exams for certification, I sometimes substitute teach inthat field and have lots of school computer calls to sub in self Contained rooms. One I worked had students with Downs Syndrome (NTSU and Tarleton profs in 1950's called it Mongoloid"Today , one in Midwayn Schools carry groceries to our cars and others work for Goodwill and other sheltered environments. Some pick up litter on Highways. In one class we had one with severe Tourette Syndrome outbursts, sometimes silent. The teacher would physically restrain him on a mattress and talk soothingly to him until he was not a danger to himself I get School District Computer calls to sub in self Contained "Life Skills" classes in grades 1 thru 8. The recording says, Must be able to feed and change diapers on students, some in Wheel chairs, up to 6 th or 7 th grade. We also have them in elecrtic wheelchairs going to P.E. with mannstreamed and honors students. In the past one would send them to one of the State Schools for handicapped like Abilene, Denton, and Mexia.Now that is one option. One can still send some severe cases to special Rest Homes,but Judge Justice's rulings say they cannot be physically detained or fenced in without a Court order saying there are a danger to themselves. I knew one case- grown child of Incest, who was brought to a Rest Home , and custody was signed over to the State, and the kin who brought her said that they were not to be called again even if she died. She required full time care and kept someone from church and normal social life Afterwards she had full time trained professionals careing for her, but even she could not be locked in or fenced in Most do not want toleave a place of security. Take care, charles A. Wyly On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:46:08 -0800 Linda Bowden <[email protected]> writes: > Maybe I misunderstood. I wasn't talking about the Erath County > Courthouse. > I was talking about the State Hospital in San Antonio. > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry W Antoine" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:38 PM > Subject: RE: [ERATH] State Asylum in or near Austin > > > > How long ago did you visit the Erath county courthouse to research > > this?? Just curious--maybe the people in charge have changed? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Tate [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:15 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ERATH] State Asylum in or near Austin > > > > > > Terry, > > I tried to locate information about patients in the asylum in > Austin in > > the 1900-1910 time period and was told that all those records had > been > > either lost or destroyed over the years. > > > > I ran across a very old (late 1800's to early 1900's) "asylum > record" in > > the Erath county courthouse basement and found a family name but > was > > short on time (and wasn't sure it was *my* family) so didn't > follow up > > on it. Later I went back and couldn't find the book so asked for > help > > locating it ...was told that the book was NOT public record and I > would > > need a court order to see it. Only problem is, they didn't know > > anything about the book. That's when I tried to locate the asylum > > records in Austin (where he supposedly had been sent). No luck > there > > either! > > > > If you locate any asylum records, or other sources of information, > > please let me know. I don't know if the man they commited is the > person > > I'm looking for, but I'm at a brick wall and any lead would help. > > > > Thanks... > > Kathy > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> Is there any information about > > >>patients in that Austin area asylum > > >>available anywhere?? I am trying to track someone who supposed > spent > > >>some time there about that time (1900-1910)? > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >