Category Archives: Willowbrook State School

“Fluff Journalism”: is it a stifling factor to the injustices within our mental health care system?

By Maria Mangicaro TAMPA, FL:  A chilling response came from a Florida state agency last week as it seems the agency is trying to muzzle a parent for speaking out against the state for giving her children dangerous psychiatric medications without her informed consent, … Continue reading

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October is Disability History Awareness Month – Revisiting Willowbrook: the Last Great Disgrace

In 2008, the Washington State Legislature passed SB 6313 declaring October Disability History Awareness Month. The bill states: “The legislature finds that annually recognizing disability history throughout our entire public educational system, from kindergarten through grade twelve and at our … Continue reading

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