Word: epis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rejuvenation is the work of a unique movement called Epi-Hab, short for "epileptic rehabilitation." Epi-Hab has opened four miniature factories in which epileptics prove to themselves and to industry that they can man an assembly line. Says Epi-Hab's founder, Los Angeles Psychologist Frank Risch: "Epileptics are not human junk...
...Corner. Epi-Hab began in 1949, when Dr. Risch, a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, joined the staff of the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital. He set up a machine shop on the grounds, manned it with ten epileptics. In one corner Risch placed a cot. When a worker suffered a seizure, he was helped to the cot and cared for. When the seizure passed, he was encouraged to march right back to his machine. In 1956, with a small grant from the U.S. Government, Risch opened his first Epi-Hab plant in downtown Los Angeles, independent...