An idyllic-looking postcard from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island ... he was sentenced to 25 years to life in 1988, with the now 77-year-old serving time at The Great Meadow ...

Residents of the Willowbrook State School were often left wandering the ... nation learned how to properly care for people; they were now placing individuals in community residences instead ...

The concern is that those same trends are happening now,” Buglioli said ... picketed over deplorable conditions at Willowbrook State School, where her daughter Lara had been under care.

I escaped the Willowbrook State School. There, I experienced torture and abuse alongside thousands of other people with ...

HE MEANT SOMETHING TO ME. I KNOW NOW THAT HE MATTERED DEEPLY. LIKE DEBORAH, JOSE RIVERA ALSO HAD A BROTHER AT THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL. JOSE HAS CONTINUED TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PAIN ...

HE MEANT SOMETHING TO ME. I KNOW NOW THAT HE MATTERED DEEPLY. LIKE DEBORAH, JOSE RIVERA ALSO HAD A BROTHER AT THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL. JOSE HAS CONTINUED TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PAIN ...

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 ...