Jedlička Institute
Jedlička Institute () is a Czech Republic, Czech medical and educational institute specialized in the care of disabled children and adults. The primary location of the institute is situated in the Prague district of Vyšehrad. It was founded in 1913 by surgeon Rudolf Jedlička, and it is the oldest facility of its kind in the Czech Republic. The institute includes a nursery, primary school and several types of secondary schools. History Jedlička's Institute was founded on 1 April 1913, by the ''Spolek pro léčbu a výchovu rachitiků a mrzáků v Praze'' ("Association for Treatment and Education of Rachitics and Cripples") in Prague. Rudolf Jedlička, the chairman of the association, intended to improve the education of disabled people and integrate them to normal life, according to his own words "to turn beggars into taxpayers". The first director of the institute was teacher and choirmaster František Bakule. At the beginning of World War I, the institute became a part of ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]