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Sep 16, 2022 · Through the lense of his camera, Aerts exposed how the 5,300 residents of Willowbrook State School were essentially imprisoned, and left unattended with little engagement from staff.
Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disabilities in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City, which operated from 1947 until 1987. The school was designed for 4,000, but by 1965 it had a population of 6,000.
Feb 21, 2020 · Children with developmental disabilities were held under brutal conditions at a notorious New York facility. Decades later, they still face abuse and neglect. The exposure of horrifying conditions...
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Jun 22, 2021 · With many an exposé, articles, civil suits, and even more disturbing instances of abuse and neglect, Willowbrook State School was shuttered on September 17, 1987. Despite the institution’s...
Jan 6, 2023 · A 1972 exposé by Geraldo Rivera exposed the revolting conditions at the Willowbrook State School, a facility for youth with intellectual disabilities, in Staten Island, New York.
A watershed case in the evolution of the legal rights of people with disabilities to live in dignity arose out of public awareness of the horrific conditions under which children and adults with disabilities were living at the Willowbrook State Developmental Center in New York.
Mar 1, 2022 · Fifty years ago, rookie local reporter Geraldo Rivera and his camera crew entered Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, NY, opening the gates and exposing the inhumane conditions, lack of care, and abuse of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
