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Want to leave a comment?| 07/11/2010 |
| I have treated and cared for those with mental illness and mental disabilites. I believe anyone with any type of illness or disability should have a nurturing environment to grow in. They'll surprise you with their capabilities. |
| 06/18/2010 |
| @voices - they were well intentioned. But the problem wasn't lack of staff. It was that the whole notion of segregating and institutionalizing handicapped people was a bad idea from the start. The Pennhurst decision proved disabled people pose no threat, and our society can and must include them |
| 06/17/2010 |
| Places like these were well intentioned. The problem is that they did not have enough people to work in them. If you have ever worked with individuals such as this you get to know how abusive and violent they are to the people who try to help them. |
| 06/09/2010 |
| Me,and 2 of my brothers have autism. If Pennhurst opens back up, how do we know that the same things wont happen again? I believe that we should just clean it up and keep it a historical building. |
| 01/29/2010 |
| I'm not amazed. Corruption in disguise is what will always happen when people know how to hide everything until it's too late to take it all back saddly nothing can be done at that point. What we can do now is not let history repeat itself, and learn from this. For the good of everyone. |
| 01/04/2010 |
| My heart and prayers go to all suffered at Pennhurst. I watched these videos last week and I cried my eyes out I wish I could have given those people some kind of hope and love. I've recently been diagnosed as bipolar, so I can't imagine how horrible it must have been. |
| 11/08/2009 |
| This is soo sad. These poor people...adults and children...makes you wonder how in the world was this happening HERE in the U.S.?? HOW?! May God bless these souls. |
| 11/06/2009 |
| my grandmom and my aunt where there and I remember as a small child going there to visit them ,they where brought outside by a nurse to visit and always seemed in there own world , I guess now I know they where drugged but back then it was my worst nightmare to have to go there . |
| 11/02/2009 |
| My son and i were just browsing through things and he showed me this i am totally heartbroken and sickend by this i never heard about this until today i dont understand how this went on and how the parents of these children did not care it is so sad may these children be in peace w god1 |
| 08/16/2009 |
| I work with someone that resided at pennhurst, it still to this day haunts him. He talks about it alot and the things he says break my heart. |