cerebralpalsy

(left to right): Margaret Holden Jones Kaanar (1904-2001), and Robert A. Ulstrom

from Smithsonian Institution

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Yikes for the listed topic "Cerebral palsied children"-- not quite current terminology there! Can't imagine it would be much use as a search term, even. I do disability history; I might look up "cerebral palsy" or "disability" or "disabled"--and in historical texts, I might even search "crippled" or "handicapped"--but "palsied"?

• Smithsonian Institution said:

  Hi Penny- Thank you for the catch--we all agree with you here that not only is "palsied" not a useful search term, but more importantly, it's not accurate or sensitive. When we import images to Flickr, it automatically pulls over image metadata, which is often very old--clearly what happened above. We've changed it, and we thank you! Best, Catherine Shteynberg Smithsonian Institution Archives