Minutes, First Convention of the National Association for Parents and Friends of Mentally Retarded Children, 1950. Josina Jones Lott Papers, MSS-186..

Jay Shuer, who served on the board of the Lott School, attended the first meeting of the national organization for parents of the developmentally disabled, which later shortened its name to the National Association for Retarded Children. Shuer also helped to found the Lucas County association of parents. At the national convention, Alan Sampson, chair of the steering committee, noted the importance of the gathering: “This is a thrilling and auspicious occasion; another milestone, carved from travail and tears, and indomitable purpose, in the progress against intolerance, for understanding.”