Residents of the Willowbrook State School were often left wandering the ... It wasn't until ABC News' Geraldo Rivera's expose, titled Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace, that the national spotlight ...

Willowbrook State School was opened in 1942 to house and ... Kennedy's condemnation and subsequent newspaper reports about deteriorating conditions at Willowbrook would momentarily raise awareness ...

Together with former Staten Island Advance reporter Jane Kurtin, Aerts in 1971 walked through the doors of Willowbrook State School and photographed shocking images of children and adults with ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– More than fifty years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten ... who let Rivera and his news crew into the school to expose the treatment taking place, was awarded ...

I SECRETLY WATCHED THE NEWS. I SECRETLY PEEKED AT THE NEWSPAPER ... LIKE DEBORAH, JOSE RIVERA ALSO HAD A BROTHER AT THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL. JOSE HAS CONTINUED TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PAIN ...

Fred's a survivor of the notorious Willowbrook State School, an institution on Staten Island for people with disabilities. In 1972, local news reports brought national attention to the schools ...

Ann Nehrbauer remembers her son, a resident of Willowbrook State School in the 1970s. She is being honored for her work as a disability advocate.