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Ableism is described as discrimination against those with disabilities.

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How were disabled people treated amidst the 1930s? 

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How were disabled people treated amidst the 1930s? 

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People with disabilities were undoubtedly treated very poorly by society. The mentally disabled were forcefully kicked out of their homes and sent to a mental institution as early as infancy.

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Treatments included inhumane ways of restraint, drowning patients in ice baths, placing them in straight jackets, shock machines and electroconvulsive therapy.

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Public perception of those with disabilities 

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Public perception of those with disabilities 

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People thought extremely low of people with disabilities. They were described as a burden to society and were forcefully sterilized in an attempt to stop the reproduction of disabled people. People believed that they were possessed by demons. They were seen as lesser than by all.

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Throughout history, people with disabilities have been segregated and isolated. People with developmental and other disabilities have been segregated in large residential facilities, or institutions, in “special” schools, and in the workplace in sheltered workshops. These schools and workplaces were much worse than those for able-bodied people.

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Segregation continued in the workplace. Candy is an outcast and earns a low pay because he lost his hand in an accident. Candy, like all people with physical impairments in the 1930s, was treated in this manner.

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Missouri Secretary of State - IT. “1930-1950 New Treatments.” 1930-1950: New Treatments, https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/exhibits/quest/treatment/1930-1950.

“Disabilities in 1930s America: Of Mice and Men Context.” OxNotes GCSE Revision, www.oxnotes.com/of-mice-and-men-context-disabled-in-1930s-america-gcse.html.