CREATING HOME [Part 1] - The Story of Bert and Albert - Institution To Community

[hhutcheo]

@jillssoulsister you have clearly adopted the institutional mindset that i myself and still working to break down. i work for a disability service organisation with involvement in an institution. institutionalization is absolutely not appropriate! no matter how much you think you are doing the right thing and how much you care. you are formal support, not friends. you seem to have forgotten that. i see human rights violated every day by people who believe they 'care' like yourself.

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@jillssoulsister we should all be ashamed that as a society we supported the existence of these institutions. The state of Minnesota has just apologized for their harm done to people in their institutions. Hopefully Ontario will soon do the same.

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@jillssoulsister Sorry you found it vague, allow us be more specific. People with disabilities are not animals to be kept in a zoo and loved by their zookeepers. I am glad there were/are caring people earning a living in the institutions. Hopefully they care enough to realize they would certainly not wish that life on themselves - they all go home to their apartments and houses and spouses in the community.

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@jillssoulsister if you love somebody, set them free...

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@devinevan life is not a program...

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@devinevan What is the evidence that anyone who moved from an institution had a lower quality of life after their move?

[GRACEHUDSON1]

This Story is so great! Way to go!!!

[TheMrsBoz]

Fantastic! Go Albert and Bert!