Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked the National Disability Rights Movement. During the 1970s, journalists exposed the horrific treatment of children and ...

In 1972, I escaped the Willowbrook State School. There, I experienced torture and abuse alongside thousands of other people with disabilities. Though I’m best known for fighting my way out of ...

The work performed by the Willowbrook Consent Judgment and its Review Panel was effective. Residents experienced tranquility, higher levels of service and financial benefits for almost 40 years, even ...

I recall vividly Robert Kennedy’s “expose” of Willowbrook State School. I do want to comment that all was not negative there. My late husband, the Rev. John R. Heller, was chaplain there ...