Toomey J Gazette (Vol. 11, No. 1, 1968 - Polio Place

A mary of the RSA-supported project for 16 male
quads aged 20 to 35 at the Texas RehabiZitation
Hospital written by me of the participants. See
also "Quadriplegics Can Vork" in REHABILITATION
RECORD, Jan. -Feb. 1967 by Dr. Marjorie Kirkpatrick,
herself a quad and the project's first director.
HOSPITAL-BASED GROUP BUSINESS PROJECTS
by JOE EUCRANDER [C-6 quad], WARM SPRINGS WORKSHOP, TEXAS
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, BOX 58, GONZA.LES, TEXAS 78629
The \?am Springs Workshop opened its doors on September 1,
1966. This sheltered workshop setting provides housing, care,
and work under one roof, for the severely involved quadriple-
gic who is dependent on others for total personal care. Each
client receives an A.P.T.D. or Social Security check and has
to pay $35 per month; the remainder of his expenses are sub-
sidized through a Federal Research and Demonstration Grant,
administered by the Texas Rehabilitation Hospital.
All clients are under the care of doctors and nurses. Occupa-
tional and physical therapy, and counseling servFces are avail-
able, as well as brace work, x-ray, and laboratory.
The main objective of the Warm Springs Workshop is not to
train and place clients, but they are encouraged to master
certain projects where they may show particular interest or
ability. If one shows he is capable of handling a job in a
certain area, every effort is made on his behalf to place him.
Several persons who have left, and returned to their homes
are working or going to school.
CBSA instruction. (Z to rl Joe Macrcmder, shop supervisor;
Demy Ball, 3M representative; Akn Matzinger; Dudley Staton,
project coordinator; Beddie Mays; Paul Bucho2.z.
After working hours each person may come and go as he wishes.
Several clients own their own cars. Supervised recreation fa-
cilities, with movies, color T.V., sports outings, bingo,
crafts, church, and special programs are available to those
who want to participate.
Breakfast and dinner are brought to the building on weekdays.
For the evening and week-end meals clients go to the dining
room, except in bad weather.
The shop first started working in ceramics when it opened.
The trial and error method proved that a low quality item
produced in volume wasted time and materials, and now an ex-
perienced supervisor strives for quality in a limited number
of items, which has proven more successful. Ceramics are
still the primary project in which clients pour, clean,
sponge, stain, and glaze, depending on what the individual is
best suited to do. The demand for our floral ware, which far
surpassed any competitor we have encountered, has outgrown
what we are able to supply.