Feeble-minded "sweeper"

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• October 1969-November 1969

Summary

• In Lao society, mentally disturbed persons such as this man are generally not bothered or harassed in any way. Although there is no institutionalized form of treatment, such persons are treated humanely. It is even considered something of a sin to kick a retarded person out of one's housing compound if one wanders in.