Interesting facts from the Era Presentations

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          During the past week our class was giving presentations from the past 8 decades. Each group was given a specific era from the 1940's to the 2010's and they had to present facts, trends, and what was going on in the world. It was amazing to see all the changes that have happened from the past decades to now. One thing that really caught my eye was the start of deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities in the late 1970's and into the 1980's. It was good to see that people were finally starting to treat them as the caring people they are and not leave them in the care of the state. The families and the general public were starting to realize that people with disabilities could receive better care and treatment plans than what the state was giving them in these institutions.
          Another thing that caught my attention was in 1990 when George H.W. Bush signed The Americans with Disabilities Act. This act prohibited discrimination towards people with disabilities in areas of public life. This meant that they would not be discriminated against when applying for jobs. This act also started making the world more accessible for people with disabilities by making public places modify everyday things, such as walking up stairs, for people with disabilities.
          The last thing that really peaked my interest was the first artificial heart with an internal battery was implanted into a patient in 2001. I new that surgeons were able to put pacemakers around the heart to help the conduction of the heart, but I had no previous knowledge that artificial hearts existed. This led me to do more research on artificial hearts as well as heart transplants and I found it astounding that surgeons were able to accomplish what seems like an impossible task.

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