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P9253

ID Number: P9253
Item Name: Image
Title: Windsor Red Cross School / École de la Croix-Rouge de Windsor
Title (Fre): École de la Croix-Rouge de Windsor
Date: ca 1955
Description: Black and white photograph of two children with physical disabilities seated outside at the Windsor Red Cross School; there is an women squatting beside each child; the young girl in the wheelchair has been identified as Linda Jacko;
History: In the spring of 1949, Mrs. Cora Stephenson approached the Windsor Public School Board to request education for children with physical disabilities. The school board approved the request and in September of 1949 Miss Marjorie Box (sister of the donor) was hired to teach. The children were taught at 1 Ouellette Avenue until May 1950 when the facility was moved to 1226 Ouellette. The school was designed for children who could benefit from intensive physical medicine therapy and special teaching techniques. It included physiotherapy, speech therapy and a gym in addition to traditional book work. In 1963, 80% of children at the school suffered from cerebral palsy. The Red Cross School evolved into the John McGivney Children's Centre.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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1226 Ouellette Ave. / 1226, avenue Ouellette

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