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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.
Jun 15, 2017 · The Willowbrook State School opened on October, 1947, admitting 20 mentally disabled patients from upstate institutions. In only a short time, Willowbrook was overfilled and understaffed.
Jan 5, 2016 · We look back at journalist Geraldo Rivera’s 1972 landmark investigation of Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School, an institution for the developmentally disabled. His expose forever changed ...
Sep 16, 2022 · This story is part of a series about Willowbrook State School, which became a national symbol of the cruel warehousing of developmentally disabled children and adults during the 20th Century.
Mar 27, 2023 · In recognition of this landmark moment, the Council on Developmental Disabilities has produced a half-hour documentary highlighting the importance of lessons learned, positive change that...
Willowbrook was a complex of buildings on Staten Island housing children and adults with developmental disabilities. At its highest population, in 1969, 6,200 residents were living in buildings meant to house 4,000.
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.
Feb 8, 2022 · A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for Children with Intellectual Disabilities. Willowbrook closed...
Aug 27, 2014 · "Unforgotten" is a critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary that examines the impact of the horrors of Willowbrook on the survivors and their families...
Mar 7, 2008 · At Willowbrook, a Staten Island institution for the mentally disabled, residents were left to languish in squalor with little medical or other care. Willowbrook closed in 1987.
