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History and treatment of pwd

History and treatment of pwd

Q 1) a) Thoughts and reactions to Suffer the Little Children (Willowbrook? 1)b) Do you think people with disabilities are still institutionalized and/or segregated in the United States today? Explain your answer. ) Pick one of the families from the film Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook and discuss that family's experiences with having placed their loved one in a hospital and after Willowbrook. Do you think their experience would be different today? Why or why not. 3) Based on the readings/videos on the history of disability, what beliefs about disability remain and which ones have changed? Think about the different stigmas about certain disabilities and which have changed over time and which do you feel are still around today. Explain your answer. 4) a) Thoughts and reactions to Our World: The World's Most Dangerous Hospital 4 b) As a global society what do you feel is our ethical responsibility when we learn about the mistreatment of PWD?

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Horrific and Heart wrenching would be least to say while describing personal reaction to Suffer the Little Children. The movie have articulately highlighted the kind of torture and negligence disabled people have dealt with in that era. An institution that was meant to heal and encourage PWD in turn became a hub of crime. Yes, it is indeed a crime not to care for the disabled people rather leave them to suffer