The 1972 TV report detailed abuse and degradation at Willowbrook that are graphic and hard to stomach, including images of children locked up in their crowded wards rocking back and forth to ...

Children perpetually naked ... but the events that led up to the full exposure and eventual closure of the Willowbrook State School decades ago are as important as ever. There is nothing more ...

It opened the doors to Building No. 6 at Willowbrook State School, from which Wilkins, a doctor, had recently been fired. He’d been encouraging the parents of the children in that ward—and ...

How did it get so bad at Willowbrook? There were roughly 50 residents, each severely developmentally disabled, for every attendant on staff. Years of funding cuts and general apathy from the ...

THAT WAS THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL ON STATEN ISLAND. IT OPENED IN 1947 AND WAS SEEN AS THE ONLY OPTION FOR PARENTS STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. AND AFTER A ...

WILLOWBROOK, Staten Island (WABC ... It was anything but that. Children and adults with disabilities were warehoused without the education or care they needed and living in horrific conditions.

For children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it takes a lot to make that happen. Customized exercise-related activities help improve motor skills and muscle tone. For children with Autism Spectrum ...

In addition to the ice-skating rink, the Triple O Ranch, Inc. was a regular fixture at the Willowbrook Sport Center. The ranch was a regular destination for families to give children horse and ...