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U TW VAsylums and Institutionasylum |%u0259%u02c8s%u012bl%u0259m| noun.An institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill.ORIGIN: late Middle English via Latin from Greek asulon %u2018refuge.%u2019institution |%u02ccinst%u0259%u02c8t(y)o%u035eoSH(%u0259)n| noun.An organization providing residential care for people with specialneeds. ORIGIN: early 18th century: late Middle English via Old Frenchfrom Latin institutio(n-).After the opening of the Indiana State Hospital for the Insane in 1848, Indiana%u2019s population, including the numbers of mentally ill, continued to grow rapidly. As consequence, in 1883, the state legislature created three additional mental hospitals: the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Logansport, the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Richmond, and the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Evansville. When they filled up, the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane in Madison was created. Still, with the continually rising numbers of people, there were always more emotionally disturbed individuals than could be accommodated. Which meant many sufferers were confined to county poor houses. To deal with prisoners judged mentally ill, the Indiana Hospital for Insane Criminals was opened at the State Prison in Michigan City. These were times when descriptions such as lunatic, insane, and crazy were commonly used, and thought of as benign terms. But, as compassion for, and understanding of, mental illness grew, institutions serving the severely affected cast aside the disrespectful and demeaning words. One facility in particular, which opened in 1945 in Westville, emphasized a more enlightened approach. A private complex, it was named the Dr. Norman M. Beatty Memorial Hospital for its founder who was a leading activist for the improvement of mental health facilities. In 1977, it was converted to a prison, and accepted all the patients from the Michigan City penitentiary. There have also been institutions catering to those with specific physical conditions, including the Indiana School for the Blind (1847-present) in Indianapolis, the Indiana Village for Epileptics (1907-1952) in New Castle, and the Indiana School for the Deaf (1846-present) in Indianapolis.