The Horrifying Truth About Willowbrook State School

Good think the now Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) knows what he is doing and wound never let anything like this happen again… NOT
He most lily think that feed faeces to others is good for them

classic case. thanks. feel like uve already covered this years ago.

Paul Offit is a crook and a fraud. He is evil.

I was born with severe dyslexia and I have experienced othering by my own family. The good thing is I was given resources like tutoring to help me cope. This is pure barbarism, plain and simple.

I have a disability and I never been so thankful for the fact that I was born in the 90s then I am right now

Let's experiment on mentally handicapped children, they won't tell anyone.

Was a DSA (direct service aide) in NY state and we were well taught about the horrors of Willowbrook. I actually was able to visit a portion of the facility when our org. sent 3 staff with a particularly troubled client for some sort of assessment by their board. Was a very odd experience especially knowing all that happened in the buildings on that campus. Any client that we had that was "Willowbrook class" got special care and consideration with good reason.

My nana was a nurse there. When nurses left, they were offered free electroshock therapy for “depression”. They were silencing the witnesses.

Reminds me of Matilda (1996) with Danny DeVito… 😀

Whom to blame? Only a couple of names were mentioned, but no mention of disciplinary action against any specific persons. Was this left out or were there no consequences for anyone? Or, as the video states, was fault placed on society at large? This is a common refuge when a violation of public trust is so horrific that it cannot be focused on a specific person or group of persons. New Yorkers did not do any of those horrible things, people did or allowed them to be done.

Good work on the video of this scary and horrific institution and Geraldo looked way younger then.

There's a really good documentary centering around this institution called Cropsey I highly recommend it

Thanks for your video! 🏫 Unchecked, humans can do awful things to other humans (and animals… and the environment… and governmental systems). Safety regulations and inspections have vital purposes. Don't believe the people who want to get rid of oversight.

I have worked with the Willowbrook class (speech therapist) as most cannot eat whole foods because of the lack of of time the staff had to feed them. Most all have dysphagia and are on a pureed food consistency. They are all passing away now, one in particular was hard on me. He had cerebral palsy, very intelligent and should never had been in Willowbrook. I had an ice coffee with me once and he pointed to it and then to the visual communication board I created to the illustration for drinking. I got him a premade thick-it coffee and we had a nice time together. We continued that routine until he passed away in his sleep from a heart attack. I miss my pal, Sal.

The people involved should be serving life sentences!

I don't care what it takes, bring back the original narrator, please.