Forgotten People

Forgotten People was shot by WITNESS partner Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI), and is narrated by Susan Sarandon. It documents the inhumane conditions faced by individuals with mental disabilities situated in grossly understaffed, inadequate and neglectful psychiatric facilities around the world.

For additional information about this film please visit its details page: http://www.gosprout.org/film/schedule-03/forgot.html

This unique film is part of the Sprout Touring Film Festival (showcasing films related to the field of developmental disabilities). Click the following link to see a complete listing of all the films available through this festival: http://stff.gosprout.org

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Developmentally
• Disabled
• Disability
• Rights
• Susan
• Sarandon
• mental
• retardation
• stff
• movie
• film
• care
• inclusion
• institution
• witness
• mdri
• nonprofit

[xSimplyAmusedx]

I know, damn rapists and murderists live in cells with television and all that, while poor people who done nothing wrong live in such filth

[MrSunshineinthesky]

as a single father of a little boy with special needs this kills me. im a marine and this has me in tears. many told me i should have commited my son at birth. i refused, regardless of what some doctor says 'wrong' with him he is still my boy he is a human being. he has gone to and beyond what anyone has said possible. he is living proof of what love faith and endless determination can do for a person. i hope someone helps these poor innocent people. nobody deserves this. nobody

[buffy11706]

What about the responsiblity of the parents? How easy to drop them off and hope for the best, they created this mess now deal w/ this!!!!!!!

[Spartacus217]

Do you think Newt Gingrich gives a shit about these people?!

[understressgirl]

this is so saaad :(

[armiller69]

You may not find this type of "filfth" in US institutions for intellectual/developmental disabilities but the "dehumanization" still exists. Watch the documentary Forgotten Lives from Texas--- horrible. The very people trained and paid to care for these individuals are the ones that are abusing and neglecting them in state-operated institutions. It's our taxpayer dollars paying their salaries and the dysfunctional system continues...it's about protecting jobs and not the voiceless and vulnerable

[hhutcheo]

the problem with America is they still don't get the difference between mental health conditions & intellectual disability. huge difference! stop calling them mentally disabled! institutionalization is never appropriate, but it is also disgusting to talk about 'adopting' these people as if they are abandoned dogs. they still have families, their families are still their formal decision makers. i know this as i work in a disability service organization involved with an institution.

[Tilleyass]

it costs little to get those places clean and give some music and games to make ppl happy in there. There is NO excuse fr that filth

[breeafulbby]

it kills me when i see these disabled people look at the camera and smile. they are so innocent and happy even though they are left to rot in this filfth, and there is nobody there to help give them what they deserve: love, care, and affection. this breaks my heart and brings me to tears. </3

[Tilleyass]

@xSimplyAmusedx AMEN!

[CookieandEeyoreluver]

I wanted to be a clinical and school psychologist and a high school teacher when I grow up .I wanted children of my own and adopted ones too... can you adopt from psychiatric facilities or "Special Homes"? Since I know thousands get adopted from agencies, but I wanted to adopt say teen or preteen or maybe eight or five but.... is it possible to adopt from here? Since you said they have no other place to go?

[MeTube459]

@xSimplyAmusedx right? and where is your god now? these people didnt deserve a mother fucking that happened to them here