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I have read many books on the changing tide of the public's relationship with vaccines, particularly around childhood vaccines. However, Adam Ratner's book Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles ...
Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked ... of children and adults who lived at the state school on Staten Island. Outraged parents became activists determined ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– More than fifty years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities by investigative ...
In 1972, ABC aired an exposé on the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York, which had been accused of abusing and neglecting its intellectually challenged wards. A young, hungry ...
Life’s WORC was founded by Vicki Schneps-Yunis in 1971 after finding out of the deteriorating conditions at the former Willowbrook State School on Staten Island, where her daughter Lara Schneps ...
At age 95, Nehrbauer — who is known for her role in fighting to get the infamous Willowbrook State School for disabled ... Willowbrook, though located in Staten Island, was "controlled by ...
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 ...
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 ...