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>>> ATTITUDES OF THE PAST WENT

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ALL THE WAY FROM KILLING RIGHT

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AT BIRTH TO TREATING PEOPLE AS A

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HOLY INNOCENT THAT GOD CURSED AT

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A CHILD AND WE HAD TO TAKE CARE

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OF THAT CHILD.

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THE DEMEANING, DEGRADING

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ATTITUDES THAT PEOPLE WITH

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DISABILITIES ARE LESS THAN

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HUMAN, THAT THEY'RE NOT FIT TO

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BE WITH US.

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>> ATTITUDES WERE THAT PEOPLE

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NEEDED TO BE KEPT AWAY FROM

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SOCIETY AT LARGE AND THE FURTHER

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AWAY, THE BETTER.

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>> THERE WAS A LOT OF WORDS THAT

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PEOPLE USED - "RETARDED",

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"STUPID", "THAT YOU'LL NEVER

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AMOUNT TO ANYTHING."

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>> IGNORANCE BREEDS PREJUDICE,

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AND SO THOUGH WERE OLD MYTHS

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THAT STILL HANG AROUND THAT

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PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS, THAT

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THEY'LL SEXUALLY ASSAULT

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SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

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>> MY BEST BUDDY, IF YOU WILL,

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AS A KID WAS MY COUSIN CARRIE

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WHO HAD DOWN SYNDROME, AND

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CARRIE WAS JUST ANOTHER KID.

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AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT A

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LITTLE BIT OLDER THAT I REALIZED

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THAT PEOPLE TREATED CARRIE VERY

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DIFFERENTLY THAN ALL THE REST OF

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US.

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AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY TREATED

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HER IN VERY DEVALUING WAYS.

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>> PEOPLE EXPERIENCE LOTS OF

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KNOW, SORT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS

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AND PEOPLE THAT THEY MEET.

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STREET WHEN THEY'RE COMING SO

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THEY DON'T GET TOO CLOSE.

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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT

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"I DON'T WANT TO CATCH WHAT

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>> WE HAD THIS IDEA THAT THERE

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IS A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE, AND

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IF YOU'RE THAT WAY, THEN YOU GET

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TO BE.

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[ LAUGHING ]

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AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN WE'VE

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GOT TO FIX YOU.

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>> FEEL LIKE I'M NOT ACCEPTED

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INTO THIS WORLD.

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I FEEL LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.

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>> I BECAME A PERSON WITH

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DISABILITY AT AGE 15 PLAYING

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

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IMMEDIATELY, I REALIZED THAT MY

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LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

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>> ALIESE WAS BORN ON

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OCTOBER 1ST, 1985, AND HER

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FATHER AND I DIDN'T WANT THE

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DISABILITY LABEL TO BE THE CORE

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COMPONENT OF HER.

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AND PARENTS DON'T.

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>> OPPRESSION IS INVISIBLE TO

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YOU DON'T SEE ALL THE

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DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION

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THAT GOES RIGHT ALONGSIDE ME.

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YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT.

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AND THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE IT,

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JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE DEEP

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SOUTH WHO DISCRIMINATED AGAINST

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BLACK AMERICA.

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IT BECAME A WAY OF LIFE.

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>> THE DEMOCRACY IS A GREAT

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IT'S A LIFELONG ETERNAL EFFORT

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FOR US AS A PEOPLE TO BE KIND TO

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EACH OTHER, TO BRING OUT THE

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BEST IN EACH OTHER, TO HELP EACH

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OTHER, TO MAKE A SOCIETY THAT

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WHERE EVERYBODY BELONGS AND

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AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE

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NEWS WE WATCH EVERY DAY, IT'S AN

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INCOMPLETE PROJECT THAT WE'RE

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ALL WORKING ON.

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>> LET THE SHAMEFUL WALL OF

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EXCLUSION FINALLY COME TUMBLING

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GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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>> WE LEARN A LOT FROM THE

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DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT,

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LEARNED A LOT FROM THE CIVIL

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RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE WOMEN'S

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MOVEMENT.

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WE SAW HOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE,

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WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THEIR BASIC

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CIVIL RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED, HOW

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THEY CAME TOGETHER.

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>> YOU KNOW, THE #METOO

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MOVEMENT, THE IMMIGRATION

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FAIRNESS MOVEMENT, THEY INSPIRE

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THEY GIVE ME HOPE THAT PEOPLE

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ARE THINKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

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CHALLENGED WITH THE FINDING WAYS

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TO FULLY INCLUDE AND LIVE TO THE

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DREAM OF "ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED

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EQUAL."

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>> WE ARE OUT THERE PUSHING THE

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RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH

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WE ARE PUSHING FOR SOCIAL

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INCLUSION.

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WE ARE PUSHING FOR BEING TREATED

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WITH RESPECT.

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>> THIS IS TRULY ONE OF THE

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GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS

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THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT.

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>> AND NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE

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THAT PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL

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DISABILITY DON'T GET LEFT OUT

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OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT

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PATHWAY THAT GOT FORMED.

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BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO WORK

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WITH AND BUILD BRIDGES WITH THE

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COMMUNITY.

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THE TRUTH IS PEOPLE LEARN TO BE

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WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT BY

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BEING WITH THEM.

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THEY DON'T LEARN BY BEING TOLD

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THAT THEY SHOULD BE WITH THEM OR

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THEY OUGHT TO BE WITH THEM OR

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THEY OUGHT TO VOLUNTEER.

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THEY LEARN BY BEING CLASSMATES,

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ROOMMATES, COMMITTEE MATES.

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STILL WE HAVE GROUPS OF PEOPLE

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WITH DISABILITY THAT PEOPLE SAY,

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"WELL, IT'S OKAY FOR THEM.

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THEY REALLY NEED IT."

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AND I THINK THAT'S MUCH MORE AN

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EXPRESSION OF DEEP UNCONSCIOUS

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DEVALUATION.

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AND IN SOME WAYS, THAT'S WHY

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY HAVE

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BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST AND THE

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LEAST TO GET PAID ATTENTION TO.

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AND I THINK OUR MOVEMENT IS FAR

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FROM OVER.

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>> GORDIE ARE YOU 60 YEARS OLD?

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>> DO YOU REMEMBER COMING HERE

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WHEN YOU WERE A BOY?

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>> DO YOU LIKE LIVING HERE?

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>> IS THIS THE LIFE THAT YOU'D

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LIKE TO LIVE HERE AT HAMBURG?

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>> DO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE

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COMMUNITY?

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♪ THE NAMES YOU CALL ME

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CANNOT BE UNSAID ♪

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♪ THEY FLOAT AROUND IN OTHER

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>>> WELL, THE INSTITUTIONS WERE

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DEVELOPED PROBABLY FOR A NUMBER

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OF DIFFERENT REASONS, AND SOME

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OF WHICH WERE, YOU KNOW, VERY

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LAUDABLE AND OPTIMISTIC

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PERSPECTIVES THAT PEOPLE WITH

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DISABILITY COULD THRIVE AND GROW

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IF THEY WERE GIVEN SPECIALIZED

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PLACES TO LIVE, SPECIALIZED

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SUPPORT, AND THE BEST OF THE

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WORLD IN A KIND OF A BUBBLE.

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AND A PLACE WHERE MAYBE LIFE

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WOULD EVEN BE BETTER THAN IT WAS

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IN THE COMMUNITIES.

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SO, THAT WAS ONE INTENTION IN

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SETTING UP THE INSTITUTIONS.

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AND SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES,

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THERE WERE OTHER INTENTIONS

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GOING ON AS WELL.

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YOU KNOW, THE IDEA, ESPECIALLY

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AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY,

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THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY AND

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OTHER GROUPS OF DEVALUED PEOPLE

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WERE SORT OF PULLING DOWN THE

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HUMAN RACE, AND THAT IF WE COULD

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SEPARATE THOSE PEOPLE AND THEN

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PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER APART AND

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AWAY, WE WOULD SOLVE A PROBLEM

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IN SOCIETY.

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AND SO, THE SIZE, YOU KNOW,

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BECAME GARGANTUAN.

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THE TREATMENT WENT DOWN VERY

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RAPIDLY AND RESULTED IN SOME OF

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THE JUST BRUTAL AND INHUMANE

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CONDITIONS THAT WERE EXPOSED IN

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THE '60s AND THE '70s.

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>> I WAS A YOUNG MAN, 21 YEARS

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OLD, AND I HAD NEVER SEEN PEOPLE

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WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES

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BECAUSE OUR SOCIETY HID THEM

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AWAY.

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MY FIRST JOB BY PURE CHANCE TOOK

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ME TO PENNHURST AND I SAW OVER

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3,000 PEOPLE IN A PLACE THAT WAS

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BUILT FOR FAR FEWER.

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IT WAS OVERCROWDED, IT WAS

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INHUMANE, AND I DROVE HOME

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THINKING WE WOULDN'T PUT OUR DOG

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THERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

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>> I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT

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PENNHURST.

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THAT MEMORY IS BURNED INTO MY

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CONSCIOUSNESS.

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THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN 200 PEOPLE

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IN THE DAYROOM, AND JUST THE

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SCREAMING AND THE CRYING AND THE

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MOANING JUST CREATED A

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CACOPHONY.

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AND THE ODOR AND THE STENCH WAS

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JUST BEYOND BELIEF.

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I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO

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EXPERIENCED THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN

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COME AWAY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW,

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BEING EFFECTED IN SOME PROFOUND

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WAY.

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>> THE MOVEMENT, IN GENERAL, HAS

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BECOME MY LIFE 'CAUSE WHAT I SAW

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IN PENNHURST IN 1970, I JUST

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COULDN'T LIVE WITH IT AND I HAD

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TO DO SOMETHING.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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>> I WAS BORN JULY 24TH, 1962.

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I DON'T REMEMBER A LOT ABOUT MY

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CHILDHOOD.

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WHAT I DO REMEMBER IS THAT MY

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MOM AND DAD BOTH HAD A

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DISABILITY.

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I DO HAVE M.R., WHICH I DON'T

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LIKE TO USE THAT WORD, BUT

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THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT IN

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TODAY'S SOCIETY.

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M.R. IS MENTAL RETARDATION.

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WHEN I WENT UP TO THE

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INSTITUTION, I THOUGHT I WAS

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THERE TO VISIT.

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I HAD NO IDEA I WAS GONNA BE

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THERE TO STAY.

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I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

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AND THAT'S NOT WHERE I WANTED TO

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BE.

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I WAS SCARED, I HAD NO FRIENDS,

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I HAD NO FAMILY.

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I JUST FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

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WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS, AS A

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LITTLE GIRL, I WANTED TO HAVE A

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FAMILY.

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I WANTED TO BE LIKE A NORMAL

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FAMILY.

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I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALL KIDS

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WANT, BUT I COULD NEVER -- I

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COULDN'T HAVE THAT.

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I JUST COULDN'T HAVE IT.

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♪♪

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THEY WERE -- HOW COULD I SAY

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THIS?

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PRISON GUARDS, SORT OF, AND YOU

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HAD TO FOLLOW THE BOOK.

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YOU HAD TO GO BY THE RULES.

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YOU HAD TO DO WHAT THEY TOLD YOU

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TO DO.

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IF YOU DID NOT DO THAT, THEY

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GAVE YOU HARSH PUNISHMENT.

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THEY PUT YOU IN A CHAIR IN THE

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CORNER, YOUR HANDS TIED BEHIND

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YOUR BACK SO HARD THAT THE BLOOD

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STOPPED RUSHING THROUGH YOUR

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HANDS.

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AND YOU COULDN'T GET UP, YOU

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COULDN'T USE THE BATHROOM, YOU

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COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

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YOU HAD TO STAY THERE UNTIL THEY

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TOLD YOU.

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SOMETIMES YOU'D BE IN THERE ALL

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NIGHT.

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WHEN I WAS LIVING IN THE

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DORMITORY, THEY HAD TWO SEPARATE

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AREAS.

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ONE WAS FOR GIRLS AND ONE WAS

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FOR BOYS.

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NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

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TOGETHER AT ALL.

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I MET A GUY AND I WANTED -- AND

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I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, BUT I

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WANTED TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY

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ELSE.

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YOU KNOW, HAVE A FAMILY AND LIVE

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TOGETHER AND GET MARRIED THEN.

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I ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT

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IN '81.

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I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.

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I WAS HAPPY, I WAS EXCITED.

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THE INSTITUTION -- THEY HAD ME

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SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER, AND THEY

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COVERED UP THE TOP OF THE PAPER.

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AND I ASKED THEM, "WHAT AM I

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SIGNING?"

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AND THEY SAID, "OH, DON'T WORRY

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ABOUT IT.

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JUST SIGN IT."

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WHAT I DID NOT KNOW IS THAT I

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WAS SIGNING MY LIFE AWAY TO MY

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CHILD.

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I HAD NO SAY ON WHAT HAPPENED TO

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HIM OR ANYTHING.

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I GAVE BIRTH TO HIM IN DECEMBER.

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THE INSTITUTION TOLD THE DOCTOR

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THAT, AND I HATE TO USE THIS

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WORD, THAT BECAUSE I WAS SO

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RETARDED, THAT I HAD NO IDEA

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THAT I WAS IN LABOR.

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THEY SAID THAT SHE CAN'T FEEL

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NOTHING.

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"SHE HAS NO FEELINGS.

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SHE HAS NOTHING."

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AND THEY TOOK MY BABY AWAY FROM

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ME.

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FELT LIKE MY HEART GOT TORN INTO

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LITTLE PIECES.

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IT HURTS.

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I DIDN'T GET TO HOLD HIM,

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NOTHING.

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I'M SORRY.

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IT JUST -- IT HURTS.

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AND EVERY TIME I SEE A WOMAN

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PREGNANT OR HAVING A BABY OR

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SOMETHING, I THINK ABOUT HIM ALL

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THE TIME.

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AND I ALWAYS WONDER, "WHERE IS

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HE?

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IS HE HAPPY?

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IS HE WITH PEOPLE THAT REALLY

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CARE ABOUT HIM?"

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I FEEL LIKE IF I EVER WENT BACK

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TO THE INSTITUTION, I DON'T

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THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK.

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I DON'T THINK I WOULD DO

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ANYTHING.

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I THINK I WOULD JUST DIE THERE.

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♪♪

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>> ANY SOCIAL LIBERATION

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MOVEMENT OR ANY EQUALITY

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MOVEMENT STARTS WITH

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CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING, YOU KNOW,

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WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED AT

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PENNHURST AND OTHER PLACES WHEN

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BILL BALDINI WENT IN, AND WITH A

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CAMERA AND SHOWED US WHAT THINGS

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WERE LIKE THERE.

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I MEAN, AT THAT POINT, IT WASN'T

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HARD TO ACTIVATE PEOPLE TO FIGHT

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ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WHO WERE

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INSTITUTIONALIZED.

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LIKE, IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME.

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IT WAS WONDERFUL WORK.

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>> WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT

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OF INSTITUTIONS, THE ENERGY WAS

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VAST EXCITEMENT, BUT MIXED WITH

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TREMENDOUS FEAR.

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NONE OF US KNEW WHAT WE WERE

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DOING.

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WE WERE CREATING SOMETHING BRAND

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NEW AND SCARED STIFF WOULD BE A

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PRETTY GOOD TERM.

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>> IN THE EARLY '70s, AS WE

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BEGAN TO INVITE PEOPLE TO RETURN

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HOME FROM INSTITUTIONS, THERE

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WAS NO DATABASE OR NO REGISTRY

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OF WHO WAS IN THE INSTITUTIONS.

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AND LITERALLY, I WOULD HAVE TO

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GO OUT AND VISIT INSTITUTIONS

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AND ROAM AROUND LOOKING FOR

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PEOPLE FROM DAUPHIN COUNTY.

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AND WHEN I WOULD MEET SOMEONE, I

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COULD INVITE THEM, LITERALLY, TO

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RETURN HOME WITH ME ALMOST THAT

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DAY.

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♪♪

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>> ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES, YOU

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KNOW, WAS THE ACCESS TO FEDERAL

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FUNDING THROUGH THE MEDICAID

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WAIVER, AND THE DECISION TO

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ACCESS THAT WAS, I THINK, AN

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IMPORTANT ONE IN THE HISTORY OF

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PENNSYLVANIA.

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AND I SUPPOSE ALL OTHER STATES

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AS WELL BECAUSE WITH IT CAME A

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LOT OF FUNDING AND RESOURCES

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00:15:05,966 --> 00:15:08,200
INTO THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM.

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NOWHERE NEAR WHAT IT TAKES NOW,

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BUT IT DID CAUSE THE GROWTH.

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IT'S WHAT WE BUILT THE COMMUNITY

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SYSTEM ON.

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>> THE SPECIFIC

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DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OUR

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PENNHURST INSTITUTION WAS

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ACHIEVED BY A MODEL, A COMMUNITY

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MODEL, CALLED "THE COMMUNITY

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LIVING ARRANGEMENTS" - C.L.A.

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IT'S GROUP HOME WITH THREE

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PEOPLE.

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WE GOT THE NUMBER THREE PARTLY

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FROM A CASE IN COURT THAT SAID

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THAT THREE OR FEWER UNRELATED

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INDIVIDUALS LIVING TOGETHER

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WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FAMILY IF

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THEIR RHYTHM OF LIFE LOOKED LIKE

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A FAMILY.

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AND THAT CASE ALLOWED THE PEOPLE

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FROM PENNHURST TO COME OUT INTO

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THREE-PERSON COMMUNITY LIVING

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ARRANGEMENTS WITHOUT GOING TO

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THE ZONING BOARD.

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IF YOU GO TO THE ZONING BOARD,

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THE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE FEARFUL

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OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,

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'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

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ABOUT THEM, WOULD SHOW UP AND

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TRY TO STOP THE GROUP HOME.

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>> IN THE '70s AND EVEN

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THE '80s, THERE WERE SOMETIMES

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REALLY UGLY SCENES IN

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COMMUNITIES.

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"NOT IN MY BACKYARD", THE OLD

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NIMBY PRINCIPLE, WHERE NEIGHBORS

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WOULD ORGANIZE TO OPPOSE TO

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PEOPLE.

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>> I DID NOT THINK THAT PEOPLE

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FROM PENNHURST WOULD BE BETTER

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OFF IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT AFTER

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A FEW YEARS OF RESEARCH, I FOUND

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THAT THEY BECAME MORE

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INTEGRATED, MORE INDEPENDENT,

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MORE PRODUCTIVE.

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THEY HAD GREATER CHOICES.

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THEIR FAMILIES WERE THRILLED AND

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ON AND ON AND ON.

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EVERY WAY WE KNEW HOW TO MEASURE

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PEOPLE, WE'RE BETTER OFF.

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>> I'VE DONE

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DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION STUDIES

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IN MORE THAN 20 STATES, AND IT'S

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THE SAME.

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IT'S PRETTY MUCH PREDICTABLY THE

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SAME EVERY CLOSURE WE WITNESS

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AND WE RESEARCH.

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PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF HAVING OFF

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MOVED TO THE COMMUNITY.

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>> EVEN AFTER 24 YEARS ON THE

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AVERAGE AT PENNHURST WHERE

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PEOPLE WERE CRUSHED AND RAPED

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AND HURT AND ABUSED, EVEN SO,

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00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:53,266
PEOPLE CAME OUT AND BEGAN TO

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SMILE.

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THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.

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>> SO, I LEFT A FEW NIGHTS

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OF '84.

527
00:17:01,733 --> 00:17:03,433
I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS

528
00:17:03,433 --> 00:17:04,800
YESTERDAY.

529
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,433
I WAS HAPPY.

530
00:17:06,433 --> 00:17:07,533
I WAS LIKE -- 'CAUSE I HAD NO

531
00:17:07,533 --> 00:17:09,000
IDEA WHERE MY LIFE WAS GONNA GO

532
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,533
OR WHAT I WAS GOING TO BE DOING.

533
00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:12,000
I JUST KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA BE

534
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,066
OUT OF THE INSTITUTION.

535
00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:17,300
♪♪

536
00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,866
♪♪

537
00:17:20,866 --> 00:17:34,666
♪♪

538
00:17:34,666 --> 00:17:49,833
♪♪

539
00:17:49,833 --> 00:17:51,033
>> THERE'S 39 BUILDINGS AND WE

540
00:17:51,033 --> 00:17:53,233
ARE DOWN TO TWO OUTSIDE

541
00:17:53,233 --> 00:17:54,900
BUILDINGS AND THE MAIN BUILDING

542
00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,766
OPEN.

543
00:17:57,766 --> 00:18:01,266
♪♪

544
00:18:01,266 --> 00:18:11,733
♪♪

545
00:18:11,733 --> 00:18:12,633
>> WHERE YOU GOING?

546
00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:13,500
>> TO SEE WHAT ALL THE RUCKUS IS

547
00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:23,133
ABOUT.

548
00:18:23,133 --> 00:18:24,266
>> FLORESCENCE.

549
00:18:24,266 --> 00:18:25,600
>> ON A TYPICAL DAY, THEY WAKE

550
00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,633
UP AND THEY WATCH A LOT OF TV.

551
00:18:26,633 --> 00:18:29,100
WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS HERE.

552
00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:30,400
SO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING

553
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,666
ON DURING THE DAY, THEY ALWAYS

554
00:18:31,666 --> 00:18:33,000
GO TO THAT.

555
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,166
THEY USED TO DO WORKSHOP UNTIL

556
00:18:34,166 --> 00:18:36,266
THE WORKSHOP CLOSED FROM THE

557
00:18:36,266 --> 00:18:42,900
CLOSURE.

558
00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:44,100
THEY'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG I

559
00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,433
DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW WHAT

560
00:18:45,433 --> 00:18:47,400
LIFE IS LIKE OUTSIDE OF HERE.

561
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,533
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

562
00:18:49,533 --> 00:18:51,066
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE

563
00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:52,166
OUTSIDE OF HERE.

564
00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:53,433
WHEN THE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT

565
00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:54,700
HAPPENED, WE WERE VERY SURPRISED

566
00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,000
BECAUSE, ON THE OUTSIDE, IT

567
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,300
LOOKS LIKE, "OH, WE CAN PLACE

568
00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:58,866
THESE PEOPLE OUT IN THE

569
00:18:58,866 --> 00:19:01,566
COMMUNITY.

570
00:19:01,566 --> 00:19:02,733
IT'LL BE GREAT."

571
00:19:02,733 --> 00:19:03,833
BUT WE HAVE VERY FEW THAT

572
00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:06,200
ACTUALLY EVEN WALK.

573
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,366
THERE WAS A MEETING DOWN AT THE

574
00:19:07,366 --> 00:19:08,600
BOROUGH HALL WHERE A LOT OF

575
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,500
FAMILIES PROTESTED.

576
00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:11,700
VERY IRATE ABOUT THE CLOSURE AND

577
00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,833
THEY REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT

578
00:19:13,833 --> 00:19:15,100
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR

579
00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:18,000
SISTERS/BROTHERS.

580
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,033
>> THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS FOR

581
00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:20,966
CRYING OUT LOUD.

582
00:19:20,966 --> 00:19:22,333
THEY'RE NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU

583
00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:23,600
CAN THROW OUT AND SAY, "OKAY,

584
00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,533
PUT THEM IN THE COMMUNITY

585
00:19:24,533 --> 00:19:25,833
CENTER."

586
00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:26,933
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CARE

587
00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:28,666
THEY'RE GONNA GET.

588
00:19:28,666 --> 00:19:30,266
SHE'S ALSO IMMOBILE, YOU KNOW?

589
00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:33,133
THIS IS VERY, VERY UPSETTING,

590
00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:35,800
AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S

591
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,833
SAYING THIS.

592
00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:39,800
>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON EDGE

593
00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,233
HERE.

594
00:19:41,233 --> 00:19:42,633
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA

595
00:19:42,633 --> 00:19:44,233
RETIRE FROM HERE THAT HAVE

596
00:19:44,233 --> 00:19:45,333
WORKED 35 YEARS HERE.

597
00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:46,633
THEY'VE KNOWN PEOPLE THAT HAVE

598
00:19:46,633 --> 00:19:48,966
COME AND ARE NO LONGER WITH US,

599
00:19:48,966 --> 00:19:53,466
SO IT'S AN EMOTIONAL TIME.

600
00:19:53,466 --> 00:19:54,633
>> THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG

601
00:19:54,633 --> 00:19:56,000
AND THE STAFF IS THEIR FAMILY,

602
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,233
MORE OR LESS.

603
00:19:58,233 --> 00:19:59,100
I DO NOT THINK THIS PLACE SHOULD

604
00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:00,800
CLOSE.

605
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,200
IT'S SCARY.

606
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:03,866
IT'S SCARY AND I DON'T WANT TO

607
00:20:03,866 --> 00:20:05,300
DISCREDIT ANYBODY'S KNOWLEDGE,

608
00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:08,166
BUT YOU KNOW, WE PROTECT THEM.

609
00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:10,466
WE ARE THEIR FAMILY AND THEY'RE

610
00:20:10,466 --> 00:20:12,100
BEING SET FREE INTO AN UNKNOWN

611
00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,033
PLACE WITH UNKNOWN PEOPLE, AND

612
00:20:14,033 --> 00:20:15,200
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HELP BUT

613
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,166
WORRY ABOUT THEM.

614
00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:19,466
>> THE LAST PERSON THAT LEAVES

615
00:20:19,466 --> 00:20:21,133
HERE AND THE DOOR CLOSES, I

616
00:20:21,133 --> 00:20:22,900
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY,

617
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:27,033
VERY SAD.

618
00:20:27,033 --> 00:20:28,700
>> IN THE '70s AND THE '80s, WE

619
00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:30,366
WERE RESCUING PEOPLE FROM

620
00:20:30,366 --> 00:20:32,033
EXTREMELY BAD SITUATIONS WHERE

621
00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:33,600
THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY WAS IN

622
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,100
DANGER, WHERE THEY WERE NOT

623
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,366
TREATED WELL.

624
00:20:37,366 --> 00:20:39,100
THAT'S NOT TRUE TODAY.

625
00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:40,900
>> THESE DAYS IN INSTITUTIONS,

626
00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:43,133
OFTEN TIMES, THERE'S VERY FEW

627
00:20:43,133 --> 00:20:45,333
PEOPLE LEFT THERE.

628
00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:47,266
THERE'S VERY HIGH STAFFING.

629
00:20:47,266 --> 00:20:49,766
NOT A LOT GOING ON IN TERMS OF

630
00:20:49,766 --> 00:20:51,666
INDIVIDUALIZATION AND THERE'S

631
00:20:51,666 --> 00:20:53,733
LOTS OF ROOM FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES

632
00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:55,466
TO GET BIGGER, BUT IT'S VERY

633
00:20:55,466 --> 00:20:57,566
DIFFICULT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN

634
00:20:57,566 --> 00:20:59,933
THAT SETTING.

635
00:20:59,933 --> 00:21:02,333
>> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE

636
00:21:02,333 --> 00:21:04,533
TO EXPERIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

637
00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:05,966
THE SAME LIFE THAT WE ALL

638
00:21:05,966 --> 00:21:07,033
EXPERIENCE AND FROM WHICH WE

639
00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:07,633
GROW AND DEVELOP.

640
00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:08,633
SO, YOU CAN'T MAKE A CUP OF TEA,

641
00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:09,333
THAT HALLOWEENERS DON'T COME TO

642
00:21:09,333 --> 00:21:10,100
THE DOOR AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

643
00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,266
SO, ALL THOSE DAILY EXPERIENCES

644
00:21:11,266 --> 00:21:12,433
WHICH HELP US MARK THE DAY OF

645
00:21:12,433 --> 00:21:14,033
THE WEEK AND THE TIME OF THE

646
00:21:14,033 --> 00:21:17,666
YEAR ARE STILL NOT THERE.

647
00:21:17,666 --> 00:21:19,033
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S

648
00:21:19,033 --> 00:21:20,633
REALLY HARD FOR FAMILIES FOR

649
00:21:20,633 --> 00:21:22,033
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY AND FOR

650
00:21:22,033 --> 00:21:23,500
THE STAFF IS MANY OF THE STAFF

651
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,166
IN THE INSTITUTIONS, THEY'VE

652
00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,633
BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

653
00:21:26,633 --> 00:21:28,100
SOMETIMES 20-30 YEARS.

654
00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:29,500
THEY'VE ALSO INVESTED THEIR

655
00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:30,733
LIVES IN IT AND IN THAT MODEL.

656
00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:32,766
AND THEY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE

657
00:21:32,766 --> 00:21:34,300
WHO LIVE THERE.

658
00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,466
MANY OF THEM CARE DEEPLY, AND SO

659
00:21:35,466 --> 00:21:37,300
THE RUPTURE OF THOSE

660
00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:39,533
RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH PERFECT AS

661
00:21:39,533 --> 00:21:41,066
THEY MAY BE BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID

662
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,833
RELATIONSHIPS, LIKE, THEY MAY BE

663
00:21:42,833 --> 00:21:44,066
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL

664
00:21:44,066 --> 00:21:47,300
RELATIONSHIPS THAT PERSON HAS.

665
00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:48,666
AND FAIR ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN

666
00:21:48,666 --> 00:21:50,100
YOUR SON HAS HAD THE SAME WORKER

667
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,100
FOR 20 YEARS IN HIS LIFE.

668
00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:55,200
THAT FEELS RISKY TO HELP THAT

669
00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,166
PERSON ENTER INTO A NEW LIFE.

670
00:22:00,166 --> 00:22:01,200
SO, I MEAN, NO BLAME TO FAMILIES

671
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,166
WHO HAVE BEEN RESISTANT TO THE

672
00:22:02,166 --> 00:22:04,500
CHANGE.

673
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:05,666
>> SO, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT NOT

674
00:22:05,666 --> 00:22:07,500
REALLY RESCUING PEOPLE, BUT JUST

675
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,033
OPENING DOORS FOR PEOPLE AND

676
00:22:09,033 --> 00:22:10,466
GIVING THEM JUST THE OPPORTUNITY

677
00:22:10,466 --> 00:22:20,500
TO HAVE A REAL LIFE.

678
00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,233
>> HI!

679
00:22:21,233 --> 00:22:23,033
>> HI!

680
00:22:23,033 --> 00:22:25,366
>> WELCOME TO YOUR HOME.

681
00:22:25,366 --> 00:22:31,066
[ LAUGHING ]

682
00:22:31,066 --> 00:22:32,533
>> GORDIE!

683
00:22:32,533 --> 00:22:33,400
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY

684
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,766
FURNITURE --

685
00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:37,233
HOW YA DOIN'?

686
00:22:37,233 --> 00:22:39,400
YOU FINALLY GOT UP HERE, HUH?

687
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,600
>> HE'S BEEN WAITING.

688
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,766
>> OH, WE'VE BEEN ANXIOUS, TOO.

689
00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:43,766
IT'S BEEN LIKE EVERY DAY.

690
00:22:43,766 --> 00:22:44,700
"ARE WE READY YET?

691
00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:45,633
ARE WE READY?"

692
00:22:45,633 --> 00:22:46,566
>> I KNOW.

693
00:22:46,566 --> 00:22:48,466
ALL WEEK.

694
00:22:48,466 --> 00:22:49,833
>> JUST PASSED INSPECTION.

695
00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:51,433
>> THIS WHOLE WEEK, WE WERE

696
00:22:51,433 --> 00:22:52,166
DOING A COUNTDOWN, LIKE, "HOW

697
00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:52,666
MANY MORE DAYS?"

698
00:22:52,666 --> 00:22:53,133
FOUR, THREE, TWO --

699
00:22:53,133 --> 00:22:54,133
>> AND NOW YOU'RE HERE.

700
00:22:54,133 --> 00:22:54,933
YEAH.

701
00:22:54,933 --> 00:22:55,933
>> YOU GOT THE WINDOW RIGHT

702
00:22:55,933 --> 00:22:57,066
THERE.

703
00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:57,833
CHECK OUT PEOPLE COMIN' IN AND

704
00:22:57,833 --> 00:23:05,833
OUT.

705
00:23:05,833 --> 00:23:07,233
>> IT'S SO EXCITING.

706
00:23:07,233 --> 00:23:09,000
I MEAN, THESE GENTLEMAN HAVE

707
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,400
BEEN IN CARE FOR YEARS AND

708
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,200
THEY'LL BE COMING INTO THEIR OWN

709
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,500
HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE

710
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:20,833
SOME OF THEM WERE CHILDREN.

711
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,133
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WAKE UP WHEN

712
00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:23,600
WANT TO.

713
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,166
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP

714
00:23:25,166 --> 00:23:25,933
WHEN HEY WANT TO.

715
00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:26,700
THEY HAVE THEIR ROOMS PAINTED

716
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,000
WHATEVER COLOR THEY WANT, WHICH

717
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,366
YOU CHOSE BLUE, RIGHT?

718
00:23:29,366 --> 00:23:32,666
YES, HE CHOSE BLUE FOR HIS ROOM.

719
00:23:32,666 --> 00:23:33,733
>> PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THE

720
00:23:33,733 --> 00:23:35,033
INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE WHAT WE

721
00:23:35,033 --> 00:23:37,400
ALL EXPERIENCE IN REAL LIFE.

722
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,166
LIFE IS ALL ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS.

723
00:23:40,166 --> 00:23:41,633
I MIGHT HAVE AN IDEAL ROOMMATE,

724
00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:43,200
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO ROOM WITH

725
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,633
ME.

726
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:45,800
OR I MIGHT WANT A HOUSE THAT'S

727
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,800
FULLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT'S

728
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,766
FURTHER FROM MY FAMILY THAN I

729
00:23:49,766 --> 00:23:51,233
EXPECTED, BUT THE HOUSE IS

730
00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:52,966
PRETTY GOOD, SO I'LL DO THAT.

731
00:23:52,966 --> 00:23:54,833
THERE IS NO "EVER", WE'RE JUST

732
00:23:54,833 --> 00:23:56,633
GONNA MOVE YOU OUT AND MOVE YOU

733
00:23:56,633 --> 00:23:58,300
INTO THIS PLACE.

734
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:01,366
THAT JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN.

735
00:24:01,366 --> 00:24:03,000
>> I THINK WE'RE NOT NEARLY AS

736
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,333
CREATIVE AS WE COULD BE.

737
00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:06,633
I THINK WE COME FROM A MINDSET

738
00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:08,400
OF GROUP HOMES, AND WHILE THAT'S

739
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:09,833
EVOLVED INTO OTHER MODELS, IT

740
00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:11,366
NEEDS TO CONTINUE THAT

741
00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:16,733
EVOLUTION.

742
00:24:16,733 --> 00:24:18,533
THE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN

743
00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:20,233
EXPLORED ARE MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE

744
00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:22,500
AND INCLUDE PEOPLE LIVING ON

745
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,533
THEIR OWN, PEOPLE GOING BACK TO

746
00:24:24,533 --> 00:24:26,166
THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES, OR A

747
00:24:26,166 --> 00:24:29,300
RELATIVELY NEW MODEL THAT, IN

748
00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:31,833
PENNSYLVANIA, WE CALL "LIFE

749
00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:35,500
SHARING" WHERE PEOPLE LIVE

750
00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,566
WITHIN A FAMILY UNIT, MAY OR MAY

751
00:24:37,566 --> 00:24:39,500
NOT BE THEIR OWN BIOLOGICAL

752
00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:41,166
FAMILY, BUT THEY LIVE AS A

753
00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:44,033
FAMILY.

754
00:24:44,033 --> 00:24:45,333
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE

755
00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:47,133
FUNDING STRUCTURES AND THE

756
00:24:47,133 --> 00:24:49,166
SYSTEM WE FIND OURSELVES, PEOPLE

757
00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:51,066
OFTEN GO INTO VACANCIES THAT

758
00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:53,366
EXIST RATHER THAN DEVELOPING THE

759
00:24:53,366 --> 00:24:56,700
LIFE THEY WANT.

760
00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:59,433
THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE ABLE TO

761
00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:02,100
CHOOSE WHERE THEY LIVE, WITH

762
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,600
WHOM THEY LIVE.

763
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,833
OUR DATA SUGGESTS THAT THAT

764
00:25:05,833 --> 00:25:07,766
HAPPENS LESS THAN HALF THE TIME.

765
00:25:07,766 --> 00:25:10,266
MAYBE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TIME.

766
00:25:10,266 --> 00:25:12,400
>> AND THEN SOMETIMES, PEOPLE

767
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,800
GET TO THE GROUP HOME AND IT'S

768
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,066
NOT -- I MEAN, IT'S THE FIRST

769
00:25:16,066 --> 00:25:17,466
EXPERIENCE, AND SO KEEPING THE

770
00:25:17,466 --> 00:25:18,833
OPTIONS OPEN, LIKE, "OKAY.

771
00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,466
SO, THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE

772
00:25:20,466 --> 00:25:21,666
ROAD.

773
00:25:21,666 --> 00:25:22,666
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING

774
00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:25,033
OF YOUR LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY.

775
00:25:25,033 --> 00:25:26,166
SO, LET'S KEEP WORKING ON WHAT

776
00:25:26,166 --> 00:25:29,066
WILL BE A FIT FOR YOU."

777
00:25:29,066 --> 00:25:30,666
>> IF ANY ONE OF US WERE BEING

778
00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:32,200
TOLD WHERE THEY WERE GONNA LIVE

779
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,500
OR WHO THEY WERE GONNA LIVE

780
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,966
WITH, WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT, SO

781
00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:36,966
WHY WOULD WE ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF

782
00:25:36,966 --> 00:25:40,633
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?

783
00:25:40,633 --> 00:25:42,166
ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENTS

784
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,900
TO PEOPLE BEING FULLY INCLUDED

785
00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:45,600
IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE ARE

786
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,633
PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT

787
00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:49,133
THAT.

788
00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:50,366
WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, GROUP

789
00:25:50,366 --> 00:25:51,966
HOME STAFF ARE VERY UNDERPAID.

790
00:25:51,966 --> 00:25:53,466
>> THE TURNOVER IS SOMETIMES,

791
00:25:53,466 --> 00:25:55,200
YOU KNOW, TERRIFYINGLY HIGH, AND

792
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,633
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT RIGHT

793
00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:58,866
FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THE

794
00:25:58,866 --> 00:26:00,600
COMMUNITY.

795
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,866
IT DOES MEAN THAT WE CAN DO

796
00:26:01,866 --> 00:26:03,166
BETTER.

797
00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:05,266
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN

798
00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:06,800
COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE PERSON

799
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,100
THAT SHOWS UP AT THE FRONT DOOR

800
00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:11,700
TO WORK THAT DAY IS THE PERSON

801
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,333
WHO HAS THE HUGEST IMPACT ON

802
00:26:13,333 --> 00:26:13,733
THAT PERSON'S LIFE.

803
00:26:13,733 --> 00:26:15,033
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT

804
00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:16,200
DECISION WHICH WILL, IN LARGE

805
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,966
PART, DETERMINE KIND OF THE

806
00:26:17,966 --> 00:26:21,133
FUTURE OF THAT PERSON'S LIFE.

807
00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:22,500
WHETHER THEIR DAY WILL BE FULL

808
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:23,900
AND RICH AND MEANINGFUL.

809
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:25,166
WHETHER THEIR LIFE WILL GET

810
00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,233
BIGGER OR WHETHER LIFE WILL BE A

811
00:26:27,233 --> 00:26:27,933
RAILROAD TRACK.

812
00:26:27,933 --> 00:26:29,100
IT IS MUCH MORE COMMON NOW THAT

813
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:30,500
PEOPLE GET CHOICES ABOUT WHERE

814
00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:31,966
THEY'LL GO DURING THE DAY, BUT

815
00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:33,466
OFTEN TIMES, THE CHOICES ARE

816
00:26:33,466 --> 00:26:34,833
QUITE LIMITED, AND NOT BECAUSE

817
00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:36,166
THE OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T OUT

818
00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:37,766
THERE, BUT BECAUSE OUR PROGRAMS

819
00:26:37,766 --> 00:26:41,066
DICTATE WHAT WE OFFER TO PEOPLE.

820
00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,400
>> TODAY, THE AVERAGE EXPERIENCE

821
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,866
OF A PERSON, LET'S JUST SAY

822
00:26:43,866 --> 00:26:45,266
LIVING IN A COMMUNITY LIVING

823
00:26:45,266 --> 00:26:46,666
ARRANGEMENT OR GROUP HOME IN

824
00:26:46,666 --> 00:26:48,166
PENNSYLVANIA, IS TO, FIVE DAYS A

825
00:26:48,166 --> 00:26:49,366
WEEK, GET UP, GET ON A BUS, AND

826
00:26:49,366 --> 00:26:50,466
GO TO SOME KIND OF DAY PROGRAM

827
00:26:50,466 --> 00:26:52,500
OR SHELTERED WORKSHOP.

828
00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,900
>> WHAT WE DO AS A SOCIAL REC

829
00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:57,300
ACTIVITY PROGRAM WHERE THE

830
00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:58,700
INDIVIDUALS COME FOR THE DAY.

831
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,400
WE DESIGN ACTIVITIES, FUN THINGS

832
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,966
TO DO.

833
00:27:01,966 --> 00:27:04,200
JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE HAVING A

834
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,133
GREAT DAY EVERY DAY THAT THEY

835
00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:08,466
COME.

836
00:27:08,466 --> 00:27:09,733
TAKING CARE OF THEIR NEEDS WHILE

837
00:27:09,733 --> 00:27:11,466
THEY'RE HERE.

838
00:27:11,466 --> 00:27:13,166
TOILETING, FEEDINGS.

839
00:27:13,166 --> 00:27:14,766
THINGS LIKE THAT.

840
00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:16,066
SO WHEN THEY COME HERE TO EARS,

841
00:27:16,066 --> 00:27:17,700
WE TRY TO GIVE THEM

842
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,400
OPPORTUNITIES, HAVE THEM MAKE

843
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,866
THE CHOICE AS TO WHAT THEY WANT

844
00:27:20,866 --> 00:27:23,000
TO PARTICIPATE IN.

845
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,266
A LOT OF OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT

846
00:27:24,266 --> 00:27:25,566
HAVE FAMILY INVOLVED, THEY LOOK

847
00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:26,766
AT US AS WE'RE A SAFE PLACE FOR

848
00:27:26,766 --> 00:27:30,266
THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE.

849
00:27:30,266 --> 00:27:31,833
OFFERING DIFFERENT THINGS,

850
00:27:31,833 --> 00:27:33,166
OFFERING SECURITY, KNOWING THAT

851
00:27:33,166 --> 00:27:34,466
THEY'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF,

852
00:27:34,466 --> 00:27:35,700
THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING MET.

853
00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:37,300
>> A SHELTERED WORKSHOP IS A

854
00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:43,933
SETTING.

855
00:27:43,933 --> 00:27:46,966
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A

856
00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:51,200
14C WAIVER, AND THAT ALLOWS US,

857
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,866
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

858
00:27:53,866 --> 00:27:55,666
TO PAY INDIVIDUALS SUBMINIMUM

859
00:27:55,666 --> 00:27:59,666
WAGE.

860
00:27:59,666 --> 00:28:01,133
SO, WE GET CONTRACT JOBS IN FROM

861
00:28:01,133 --> 00:28:02,933
VARIOUS COMPANIES.

862
00:28:02,933 --> 00:28:04,966
MOST OF THEM ARE IN OUR LOCAL

863
00:28:04,966 --> 00:28:06,433
COMMUNITY, OR FAIRLY LOCAL

864
00:28:06,433 --> 00:28:08,400
COMMUNITY, AND THEN THAT ALLOWS

865
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,900
US TO PAY THOSE INDIVIDUALS

866
00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:11,800
SUBMINIMUM WAGE RATES.

867
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:12,966
A LOT OF IT IS PACKAGING.

868
00:28:12,966 --> 00:28:14,466
PACKAGING JOBS.

869
00:28:14,466 --> 00:28:16,133
A LOT OF IT IS LIGHT ASSEMBLY

870
00:28:16,133 --> 00:28:18,200
WHERE THEY MIGHT BE PUTTING TWO

871
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,933
OR THREE PIECES TOGETHER TO MAKE

872
00:28:19,933 --> 00:28:21,666
AN END PRODUCT.

873
00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:23,000
WE DEFINITELY HAVE INDIVIDUALS

874
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,133
THAT CAN DO MORE DIFFICULT JOBS.

875
00:28:26,133 --> 00:28:27,633
>> THEY ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF

876
00:28:27,633 --> 00:28:29,400
HOLDING DOWN AND DOING JOBS THAT

877
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,266
WE CALL, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL JOBS.

878
00:28:33,266 --> 00:28:35,633
I MEAN, THEY ARE -- MOST OF 'EM,

879
00:28:35,633 --> 00:28:37,566
AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY ALL, BUT

880
00:28:37,566 --> 00:28:39,800
MOST ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.

881
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,400
A LOT OF THE PROBLEM COMES IN

882
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,133
THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE LIKE PEOPLE

883
00:28:43,133 --> 00:28:45,200
SOMETIMES -- SOCIETY CAN BE

884
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:51,800
MEAN.

885
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,166
YEAH, THAT'S THE PART THAT, YOU

886
00:28:53,166 --> 00:28:55,000
KNOW, JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE

887
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,866
DIFFERENT.

888
00:28:56,866 --> 00:28:59,166
YOU KNOW, OKAY.

889
00:28:59,166 --> 00:29:00,233
WELL, THAT'S NOT TYPICAL

890
00:29:00,233 --> 00:29:07,033
ANYMORE.

891
00:29:07,033 --> 00:29:08,466
MY SON IS AUTISTIC -- SO I TAKE

892
00:29:08,466 --> 00:29:18,833
IT PRETTY --

893
00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:20,266
I MEAN, THIS TO ME IS NOT A JOB

894
00:29:20,266 --> 00:29:23,033
EITHER.

895
00:29:23,033 --> 00:29:24,833
I LOVE IT.

896
00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,066
HE'S STILL IN SCHOOL AT THE

897
00:29:26,066 --> 00:29:27,166
MOMENT.

898
00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,166
HE'S A SENIOR.

899
00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:30,333
AND I HAVE MY, YOU KNOW, STILL

900
00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:33,033
LIKE EVERY OTHER PARENT, DO I

901
00:29:33,033 --> 00:29:35,300
WANT MY SON HERE?

902
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:37,100
DO I NOT WANT MY SON HERE?

903
00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:38,233
YOU KNOW?

904
00:29:38,233 --> 00:29:39,666
EVEN, YOU KNOW, I STILL GO

905
00:29:39,666 --> 00:29:40,966
THROUGH THAT LIKE EVERY OTHER

906
00:29:40,966 --> 00:29:43,066
PARENT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE

907
00:29:43,066 --> 00:29:45,866
JUST GO DAY-TO-DAY.

908
00:29:45,866 --> 00:29:47,100
>> I'M TORN ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT

909
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,533
IT BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW,

910
00:29:48,533 --> 00:29:50,066
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS HAVE A

911
00:29:50,066 --> 00:29:51,133
NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.

912
00:29:51,133 --> 00:29:52,733
I THINK THAT STARTED BACK WHEN

913
00:29:52,733 --> 00:29:54,366
THE FIRST STEP TO GET PEOPLE,

914
00:29:54,366 --> 00:29:56,133
YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED IN THE

915
00:29:56,133 --> 00:29:57,533
COMMUNITY WAS SHUTTING DOWN, YOU

916
00:29:57,533 --> 00:29:59,200
KNOW, INSTITUTIONS.

917
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,366
AND THEN WHERE WERE THOSE FOLKS

918
00:30:00,366 --> 00:30:01,433
GOING DURING THE DAY?

919
00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:02,433
IT WOULD BE IN SHELTER

920
00:30:02,433 --> 00:30:03,533
WORKSHOPS.

921
00:30:03,533 --> 00:30:04,833
BUT, I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYONE TO

922
00:30:04,833 --> 00:30:06,233
LIKE WALK THROUGH EARS AND

923
00:30:06,233 --> 00:30:07,733
EFRETA AND YOU GOT TO FEEL LIKE

924
00:30:07,733 --> 00:30:09,966
WE'RE DOING REALLY QUALITY WORK.

925
00:30:09,966 --> 00:30:11,366
I MEAN, EVERYONE'S HAPPY.

926
00:30:11,366 --> 00:30:12,700
IT'S A WELL LIT, CLEAN

927
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:14,800
ENVIRONMENT.

928
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,033
WE ARE BUILDING VOCATIONAL

929
00:30:16,033 --> 00:30:17,700
SKILLS.

930
00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:19,466
SO, THAT'S WHERE I'M TORN.

931
00:30:19,466 --> 00:30:21,166
I MEAN I SEE WHY THOSE

932
00:30:21,166 --> 00:30:22,500
CONNOTATIONS EXISTED IN THE

933
00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,500
FIRST PLACE, BUT I FEEL LIKE,

934
00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:25,866
YOU KNOW, AT EARS WE FEEL LIKE

935
00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:27,933
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SEPARATE

936
00:30:27,933 --> 00:30:29,166
OURSELVES AND BE ONE OF THE GOOD

937
00:30:29,166 --> 00:30:35,933
ONES.

938
00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:37,000
>> WHAT I'VE GOT THERE I HAVE

939
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,233
PACKED.

940
00:30:38,233 --> 00:30:39,600
THEY HAD DINNER READY AND

941
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,233
EVERYTHING AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I

942
00:30:41,233 --> 00:30:42,533
WAS GONNA STAY HOME THE NEXT

943
00:30:42,533 --> 00:30:43,900
DAY, JUST GET TO KNOW THE AREA

944
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:45,466
AND EVERYTHING.

945
00:30:45,466 --> 00:30:47,133
BUT, THE STAFF'S LIKE NOPE, NOT

946
00:30:47,133 --> 00:30:49,700
HAPPENING.

947
00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:50,566
YOU HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE

948
00:30:50,566 --> 00:30:51,666
WORKSHOP.

949
00:30:51,666 --> 00:30:53,233
I WAS LIKE, "WHAT'S THE

950
00:30:53,233 --> 00:30:54,033
WORKSHOP?

951
00:30:54,033 --> 00:30:55,000
WHY DO I HAVE TO GO IN A

952
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,500
WORKSHOP?"

953
00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:57,733
THEY SAID, "BECAUSE NO ONE'S

954
00:30:57,733 --> 00:30:58,966
GONNA BE HERE AND YOU CAN'T BE

955
00:30:58,966 --> 00:31:00,466
HERE BY YOURSELF."

956
00:31:00,466 --> 00:31:01,566
I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK IN THE

957
00:31:01,566 --> 00:31:03,233
INSTITUTION ALL OVER AGAIN.

958
00:31:03,233 --> 00:31:05,266
WHEN I WENT TO THE WORKSHOP, I

959
00:31:05,266 --> 00:31:08,300
WAS WORKING ON THE FLOOR.

960
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,700
AND THE STUFF THAT THEY GAVE US

961
00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,433
TO DO WAS LIKE THEY PUT SCREWS

962
00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:14,366
IN BAGS.

963
00:31:14,366 --> 00:31:15,700
THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO

964
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:16,900
BE THERE IS BECAUSE THE PAY WAS

965
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:18,633
HORRIBLE.

966
00:31:18,633 --> 00:31:21,600
EVERYTHING YOU DID WAS A PENNY.

967
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,933
A PENNY.

968
00:31:23,933 --> 00:31:25,000
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS

969
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000
NOTHING.

970
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,333
LIKE, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE WHY

971
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:30,900
AM I IN A WORKSHOP.

972
00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:32,700
I WANTED TO MAKE A DECENT AMOUNT

973
00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,066
OF MONEY.

974
00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:35,266
I WANTED TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY

975
00:31:35,266 --> 00:31:36,366
ELSE.

976
00:31:36,366 --> 00:31:38,433
I WANTED TO HAVE A "NORMAL LIFE"

977
00:31:38,433 --> 00:31:40,233
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND I

978
00:31:40,233 --> 00:31:42,300
COULDN'T HAVE THAT.

979
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:43,633
I WANTED TO HAVE A CAREER.

980
00:31:43,633 --> 00:31:45,966
I WANTED TO TRAVEL.

981
00:31:45,966 --> 00:31:47,566
I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW THE

982
00:31:47,566 --> 00:31:50,200
WORLD.

983
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,833
I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW OTHER

984
00:31:51,833 --> 00:31:53,400
PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

985
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,266
DO STUFF THAT I WANTED TO DO.

986
00:31:57,266 --> 00:31:58,466
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK

987
00:31:58,466 --> 00:32:00,233
EVERYBODY WANTS IN LIFE, BUT I

988
00:32:00,233 --> 00:32:03,100
ALWAYS THINK THAT SOMEBODY OR

989
00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:04,566
SOMETHING IS STANDING IN THE

990
00:32:04,566 --> 00:32:06,433
WAY, LIKE JUST A BRICK WALL THAT

991
00:32:06,433 --> 00:32:12,033
YOU JUST CANNOT GO THROUGH.

992
00:32:12,033 --> 00:32:13,566
>> AND THE NEXT CHALLENGE,

993
00:32:13,566 --> 00:32:15,100
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF

994
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,466
CHALLENGES, BUT ONE OF THE NEXT

995
00:32:16,466 --> 00:32:18,333
CHALLENGES IS DO BETTER WITH

996
00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:21,366
MEANINGFUL DAY ACTIVITIES.

997
00:32:21,366 --> 00:32:22,766
IT'S A CURRENT NATIONAL

998
00:32:22,766 --> 00:32:23,333
STRUGGLE.

999
00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:24,966
NO ONE HAS THE SOLUTION.

1000
00:32:24,966 --> 00:32:26,600
BUT, I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE

1001
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:27,833
TIRED OF SUBMINIMUM WAGE AND

1002
00:32:27,833 --> 00:32:30,700
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.

1003
00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:32,100
SO, WE HAVE TO FIND AND RECOMMIT

1004
00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:33,966
TO MEANINGFUL DAYS ACTIVITIES

1005
00:32:33,966 --> 00:32:35,633
THAT ARE FULL OF JOY AND

1006
00:32:35,633 --> 00:32:38,166
ENGAGEMENT.

1007
00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:40,100
WE DON'T HAVE THAT NOW.

1008
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:41,466
>> I THINK FOR THE MOST PART,

1009
00:32:41,466 --> 00:32:43,000
PEOPLE AREN'T DOING A WHOLE LOT.

1010
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,266
AND I THINK IT'S AN AREA

1011
00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,233
NATIONALLY WHERE WE'RE

1012
00:32:46,233 --> 00:32:48,100
STRUGGLING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE

1013
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:49,700
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN

1014
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:56,100
MEANINGFUL WORK.

1015
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,400
AND I KNOW IT'S LESS THAN 15% OF

1016
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,300
PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN WHAT WE

1017
00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,133
CALL COMMUNITY-BASED INTEGRATED

1018
00:33:01,133 --> 00:33:03,000
WORK, EARNING AT LEAST MINIMUM

1019
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,266
WAGE.

1020
00:33:08,266 --> 00:33:10,500
MOST SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT IS NOT

1021
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:11,933
MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.

1022
00:33:11,933 --> 00:33:13,900
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PACKAGING,

1023
00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:15,533
PUTTING WIDGETS TOGETHER.

1024
00:33:15,533 --> 00:33:18,866
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THAT YOU

1025
00:33:18,866 --> 00:33:20,600
WOULD TAKE IN THERE WOULD HAVE

1026
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,400
ANY IDEA THAT A PERSON WAS BEING

1027
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,800
PAID LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE.

1028
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,633
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PERSON WITH

1029
00:33:25,633 --> 00:33:27,100
A DISABILITY IN YOUR FAMILY, IN

1030
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:31,166
YOUR CIRCLE, IN YOUR COMMUNITY;

1031
00:33:31,166 --> 00:33:32,800
YOU MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE THAT

1032
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,133
THESE SITUATIONS EXIST EVEN

1033
00:33:34,133 --> 00:33:39,200
TODAY.

1034
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,633
>> ONE THING THAT A SEGREGATED

1035
00:33:40,633 --> 00:33:42,133
ENVIRONMENT DOES IS THAT YOU

1036
00:33:42,133 --> 00:33:44,033
HAVE A SAFE PLACE AND THEN YOU

1037
00:33:44,033 --> 00:33:45,500
HAVE THE REAL WORLD.

1038
00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:46,933
AND IF THOSE TWO WORLDS AREN'T

1039
00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:48,233
INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER,

1040
00:33:48,233 --> 00:33:49,500
THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THE PERSON

1041
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,833
WHO LOOKS AT YA WRONG OR YOU

1042
00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:53,533
KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF.

1043
00:33:53,533 --> 00:33:54,700
AND I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S ONLY

1044
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,600
SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO CHANGE

1045
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,733
THAT.

1046
00:33:58,733 --> 00:33:59,800
BUT, I THINK THE MORE THAN WE'RE

1047
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:00,933
OUT THERE THEN THE MORE IT'S

1048
00:34:00,933 --> 00:34:03,133
GONNA BE THE NORM.

1049
00:34:03,133 --> 00:34:04,633
>> EARLIER IN MY CAREER, I WAS

1050
00:34:04,633 --> 00:34:06,100
PRETTY HARD-LINED ABOUT, YOU

1051
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,833
KNOW, LET'S JUST GET RID OF ALL

1052
00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:09,000
OF THEM.

1053
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,300
AND, BUT, I THINK THAT IS

1054
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:15,666
SHORTSIGHTED.

1055
00:34:15,666 --> 00:34:17,000
I STILL THINK WE SHOULD GET RID

1056
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,666
OF THEM, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO

1057
00:34:19,666 --> 00:34:21,133
BE A PROCESS.

1058
00:34:21,133 --> 00:34:24,833
IF WE DUMPED EVERY, YOU KNOW,

1059
00:34:24,833 --> 00:34:27,699
CONGREGATIVE PROGRAM OR SERVICE,

1060
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:29,066
THERE'S NOTHING TO REPLACE IT

1061
00:34:29,066 --> 00:34:31,333
WITH.

1062
00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:33,000
PEOPLE WOULD THEN BE STUCK.

1063
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000
I MEAN, WORSE THAN IT MIGHT BE

1064
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,100
TO BE IN A CONGREGATED

1065
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,300
SITUATION.

1066
00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:39,633
>> OUR SYSTEM IS GOING OVER A

1067
00:34:39,633 --> 00:34:41,166
MASSIVE CHANGE.

1068
00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,300
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN OUR

1069
00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,033
SERVICES IS GOING TO BE SPENDING

1070
00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:45,633
MORE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY.

1071
00:34:45,633 --> 00:34:46,966
AND IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY

1072
00:34:46,966 --> 00:34:49,233
PARTICIPATION SUPPORT.

1073
00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:50,933
AND ALONG WITH THAT THE

1074
00:34:50,933 --> 00:34:52,966
REQUIREMENT IS THAT AN

1075
00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:54,666
INDIVIDUAL WOULD SPEND 25% OF

1076
00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:56,000
THEIR TIME WITH US OUT IN THE

1077
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,133
COMMUNITY, INTEGRATED IN THE

1078
00:34:58,133 --> 00:35:00,533
COMMUNITY.

1079
00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:01,933
WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT

1080
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,833
REGULATION BY JULY 1ST OF 2019.

1081
00:35:04,833 --> 00:35:06,166
>> I THINK IT ALL SOUNDS GREAT,

1082
00:35:06,166 --> 00:35:07,866
BUT WHAT IS TOUGH IS ON THE

1083
00:35:07,866 --> 00:35:09,966
MANAGEMENT LEVEL IS JUST GEARING

1084
00:35:09,966 --> 00:35:12,133
UP AND HOW TO ADAPT A COMPANY

1085
00:35:12,133 --> 00:35:13,866
THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE

1086
00:35:13,866 --> 00:35:16,533
THE '70s AND HOW TO ADJUST AND

1087
00:35:16,533 --> 00:35:19,300
FIT THAT NEW MODEL.

1088
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:21,400
>> WE'VE GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING

1089
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,900
EVEN THOUGH NOW IT'S REALLY HARD

1090
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:24,933
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN

1091
00:35:24,933 --> 00:35:25,900
DECENT LOOKING PLACES, THEY'RE

1092
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:26,866
GOING TO DAY PROGRAMS AND

1093
00:35:26,866 --> 00:35:27,966
WORKSHOPS THAT ARE DECENT

1094
00:35:27,966 --> 00:35:29,733
LOOKING.

1095
00:35:29,733 --> 00:35:31,633
AND THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS ARE

1096
00:35:31,633 --> 00:35:33,133
OFTEN TIMES NOT THERE, NOT

1097
00:35:33,133 --> 00:35:36,200
OBVIOUS.

1098
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,666
THE SURFACE AND SAY WHAT IS

1099
00:35:37,666 --> 00:35:39,000
REALLY HAPPENING IN THIS

1100
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,866
PERSON'S LIFE.

1101
00:35:40,866 --> 00:35:42,233
HOW FULL IN THEIR LIFE?

1102
00:35:42,233 --> 00:35:43,600
AND ARE THEY MOVING TOWARDS

1103
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,933
SOMETHING LIKE ANY OF US WOULD

1104
00:35:44,933 --> 00:35:46,166
WANT.

1105
00:35:46,166 --> 00:35:47,133
IT'S THE CULTURALLY VALUED

1106
00:35:47,133 --> 00:35:48,266
ANALOG, YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF US,

1107
00:35:48,266 --> 00:35:49,666
WE HOPE ARE HEADING SOMEWHERE IN

1108
00:35:49,666 --> 00:35:50,933
OUR LIVES TO THE NEXT EXPERIENCE

1109
00:35:50,933 --> 00:35:52,333
AND TO OUR LIFE HAVING PURPOSE

1110
00:35:52,333 --> 00:35:56,366
AND MEANING.

1111
00:35:56,366 --> 00:35:58,700
AND SO AT THE END OF OUR LIVES,

1112
00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:00,100
WE'LL LOOK BACK AND SAY, "THIS

1113
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,233
WAS A LIFE WELL LIVED."

1114
00:36:03,233 --> 00:36:04,466
>> WITH OUR NEW SERVICE

1115
00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:05,733
DEFINITIONS THAT ARE GOING ON,

1116
00:36:05,733 --> 00:36:07,400
PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT IN THE

1117
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,300
COMMUNITY IN VERY, VERY SMALL

1118
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:11,300
GROUPS, WHICH IS HARD FOR THE

1119
00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:12,566
PROVIDERS, BUT THE REASON WHY IS

1120
00:36:12,566 --> 00:36:14,133
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THIS MASS

1121
00:36:14,133 --> 00:36:15,633
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

1122
00:36:15,633 --> 00:36:16,966
WALKING THROUGH WITHOUT YOU

1123
00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:18,300
DON'T --

1124
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:20,333
YOU SEE TWO PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT

1125
00:36:20,333 --> 00:36:21,966
SIT BESIDES THEM ON A BENCH AT

1126
00:36:21,966 --> 00:36:22,900
THE MALL AND TALK.

1127
00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:24,466
YOU SEE A GROUP OF TEN PEOPLE

1128
00:36:24,466 --> 00:36:26,833
WITH DISABILITIES, YOU'RE NOT

1129
00:36:26,833 --> 00:36:28,366
GONNA DO THAT.

1130
00:36:28,366 --> 00:36:30,233
SO, MORE LIFE IS GONNA HAPPEN

1131
00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:31,866
NOT JUST BEING AT A DAY PROGRAM,

1132
00:36:31,866 --> 00:36:33,566
BUT GOING OUT INTO THE

1133
00:36:33,566 --> 00:36:35,133
COMMUNITY.

1134
00:36:35,133 --> 00:36:36,600
AND THE PARENTS WERE SO SCARED.

1135
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,133
THEY REALLY WERE.

1136
00:36:38,133 --> 00:36:39,900
BUT, I HAVE ONE FAMILY MEMBER

1137
00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:41,433
THAT STARTED OUT SO OPPOSED TO

1138
00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:42,200
IT.

1139
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:42,966
SAW HER A YEAR LATER AND SHE

1140
00:36:42,966 --> 00:36:43,833
SAID I HAD NO IDEA MY DAUGHTER

1141
00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:44,633
WOULD LIKE THAT.

1142
00:36:44,633 --> 00:36:45,700
HAD NO IDEA SHE COULD DO THAT.

1143
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:46,733
SHE'S HAVING SO MUCH FUN.

1144
00:36:46,733 --> 00:36:48,100
WE TALK ABOUT "CAN YOU REALLY

1145
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:49,666
MAKE A CHOICE IF YOU DON'T

1146
00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:50,766
EXPERIENCE THE OTHER SIDE, TOO?"

1147
00:36:50,766 --> 00:36:52,933
CAN YOU REALLY KNOW IF YOU LIKE

1148
00:36:52,933 --> 00:36:54,300
ORANGE JUICE UNLESS YOU TAKE A

1149
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,900
SIP OF THE ORANGE JUICE?

1150
00:36:56,900 --> 00:36:58,100
>> I MEAN, EVEN IN COMMUNITY

1151
00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:00,433
SERVICES TODAY, I THINK -- I

1152
00:37:00,433 --> 00:37:01,733
THINK WE HAVE SUCH A MINDSET OF

1153
00:37:01,733 --> 00:37:03,333
YOU KNOW YOU MEET SOMEONE WITH A

1154
00:37:03,333 --> 00:37:05,333
DISABILITY, YOU SEE SOMEONE

1155
00:37:05,333 --> 00:37:06,833
LET'S SAY GRADUATING FROM

1156
00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:08,333
SPECIAL EDUCATION.

1157
00:37:08,333 --> 00:37:10,033
YOU SAY, "OKAY," SO NOW THEY'RE

1158
00:37:10,033 --> 00:37:11,333
GOING TO MOVE INTO THE ADULT

1159
00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:12,766
SYSTEM AND SO THEY'LL PROBABLY

1160
00:37:12,766 --> 00:37:14,400
BE ON A WAITING LIST FOR A GROUP

1161
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,166
HOME AND THEY'LL PROBABLY GO TO

1162
00:37:16,166 --> 00:37:18,100
DAY PROGRAM OR MAYBE A SHELTERED

1163
00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:20,066
WORKSHOP AND THEY'LL, YOU KNOW,

1164
00:37:20,066 --> 00:37:21,500
LIVE THIS WAY PRETTY MUCH FOR

1165
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:23,066
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

1166
00:37:23,066 --> 00:37:24,500
THIS SORT OF RAILROAD TRACK OF

1167
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:25,866
"THIS IS WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE

1168
00:37:25,866 --> 00:37:27,633
FOR THOSE PEOPLE."

1169
00:37:27,633 --> 00:37:29,200
I MEAN, EVEN TODAY, I THINK

1170
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,966
THAT'S PRETTY PREVALENT.

1171
00:37:30,966 --> 00:37:33,100
>> THAT HAS BEEN ONE AREA WHERE

1172
00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:34,566
PEOPLE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY

1173
00:37:34,566 --> 00:37:35,933
EFFECTED.

1174
00:37:35,933 --> 00:37:37,433
PEOPLE COME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL,

1175
00:37:37,433 --> 00:37:38,733
21 YEARS OF EDUCATION TO THE

1176
00:37:38,733 --> 00:37:40,966
SOFA.

1177
00:37:40,966 --> 00:37:42,666
>> AND SO, THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE

1178
00:37:42,666 --> 00:37:43,966
ARE ON THE EDGE OF A BIG FUTURE,

1179
00:37:43,966 --> 00:37:45,433
THAT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR

1180
00:37:45,433 --> 00:37:46,933
PEOPLE'S LIVES CAN'T BE

1181
00:37:46,933 --> 00:37:48,133
PREDICTED.

1182
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:49,666
THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

1183
00:37:49,666 --> 00:37:51,633
FUTURE WILL HOLD AND THAT KIND

1184
00:37:51,633 --> 00:37:53,266
OF POSITIVE ADVENTURE OF LIFE

1185
00:37:53,266 --> 00:37:54,700
THAT MOST OF US FEEL.

1186
00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:56,200
AND THAT THAT MINDSET HAS NOT

1187
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,000
BEEN A PART OF SORT OF THINKING

1188
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,966
ABOUT THE FUTURES OF PEOPLE WITH

1189
00:37:59,966 --> 00:38:04,600
DISABILITY IN GENERAL.

1190
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:05,633
>> MY CHILDHOOD WASN'T AS

1191
00:38:05,633 --> 00:38:07,133
PERFECT AS YOU THINK.

1192
00:38:07,133 --> 00:38:08,566
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN

1193
00:38:08,566 --> 00:38:10,933
YONKERS, NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER

1194
00:38:10,933 --> 00:38:14,300
29, 1993.

1195
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,100
MY MOTHER, IT WAS HER FIRST TIME

1196
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,833
HAVING-HAVING ME WITH AN

1197
00:38:17,833 --> 00:38:20,300
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

1198
00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:21,800
BACK THEN, IT USED TO BE KNOWN

1199
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,866
AS MENTAL RETARDATION.

1200
00:38:24,866 --> 00:38:26,300
WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO PUT US IN

1201
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:27,900
A SCHOOL, SHE TOOK ME TO A

1202
00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:29,166
PSYCHIATRIST TO SEE HOW I DO

1203
00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:32,633
WITH THE IQs AND STUFF.

1204
00:38:32,633 --> 00:38:34,266
THE PSYCHIATRIST TOLD MY MOTHER,

1205
00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:35,933
THEN, I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE

1206
00:38:35,933 --> 00:38:38,366
TO READ, WRITE, WALK, OR TALK.

1207
00:38:38,366 --> 00:38:43,600
THEY STARTED TO TALK ME DOWN,

1208
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,033
SAYING THAT I'M USELESS.

1209
00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,633
THEY CALLED ME A RETARD.

1210
00:38:48,633 --> 00:38:50,000
AND AT THAT POINT, I WAS REALLY

1211
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,833
ONE STEP CLOSER TO LOSING HOPE.

1212
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:55,066
SHE WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN BE IN

1213
00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:56,200
CLASSES WITH ALL THE REST OF THE

1214
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,433
REGULAR STUDENTS, BUT THAT

1215
00:38:57,433 --> 00:38:59,200
WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, SO THEY

1216
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,533
PUT ME IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION

1217
00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:03,000
CLASS.

1218
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,166
I MEAN WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR

1219
00:39:04,166 --> 00:39:05,966
TO ANY REGULAR STUDENTS.

1220
00:39:05,966 --> 00:39:07,733
REGULAR STUDENTS THINK OF US AS

1221
00:39:07,733 --> 00:39:09,133
WE'RE STUPID, WE'RE DUMB, WE'RE

1222
00:39:09,133 --> 00:39:11,200
A RETARD, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

1223
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,633
IT KIND OF MAKES US FEEL LOW

1224
00:39:12,633 --> 00:39:14,866
DOWN.

1225
00:39:14,866 --> 00:39:16,466
I FELT LIKE I NEEDED MORE THAN

1226
00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:17,866
JUST ADDING, SUBTRACTING, OR

1227
00:39:17,866 --> 00:39:19,933
READING A CHILDREN'S BOOK.

1228
00:39:19,933 --> 00:39:21,866
THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE NEED TO

1229
00:39:21,866 --> 00:39:23,533
LEARN MORE INSTEAD OF BEING KEPT

1230
00:39:23,533 --> 00:39:25,200
IN THE CLASSROOM, BEING ISOLATED

1231
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,266
FROM ANY OTHER REGULAR STUDENTS.

1232
00:39:26,266 --> 00:39:28,233
I TRIED TO BE CALM.

1233
00:39:28,233 --> 00:39:30,033
I TRIED TO BE HAPPY.

1234
00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:31,600
BUT, NONE OF THAT WORKED.

1235
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:36,766
I FELT VERY MISERABLE.

1236
00:39:36,766 --> 00:39:38,300
KNEW FOR A FACT THEN EVERYTHING

1237
00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:40,166
ELSE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.

1238
00:39:40,166 --> 00:39:41,633
IT'S GOING TO KEEP ME ISOLATED

1239
00:39:41,633 --> 00:39:44,000
AND NOBODY WAS GOING TO TREAT ME

1240
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,600
WITH RESPECT.

1241
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,633
BUT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

1242
00:39:47,633 --> 00:39:48,766
WE WERE HAVING LUNCH AND WE HAD

1243
00:39:48,766 --> 00:39:50,200
OUR OWN CHOICE.

1244
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,300
IT SAID WHATEVER WE WANT.

1245
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:53,566
ONE DAY, THERE WAS ONE GIRL WHO

1246
00:39:53,566 --> 00:39:54,866
ACTUALLY WENT UP TO ME AND

1247
00:39:54,866 --> 00:39:56,166
TALKED TO ME.

1248
00:39:56,166 --> 00:39:57,833
EVEN SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT

1249
00:39:57,833 --> 00:39:59,100
SOME INTERESTS, WE BOTH HAVE

1250
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,300
SOMETHING.

1251
00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:02,700
SHE MADE ME REALIZE THAT I

1252
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,066
SHOULDN'T BE GIVING UP ON HOPE.

1253
00:40:05,066 --> 00:40:06,300
DURING HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS LIKE

1254
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:08,866
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR KIDS.

1255
00:40:08,866 --> 00:40:10,333
>> I THINK THE RIGHT TO

1256
00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:11,966
EDUCATION WAS THE SINGLE MOST

1257
00:40:11,966 --> 00:40:13,333
IMPORTANT THING THAT'S EVER

1258
00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:14,566
HAPPENED FOR PEOPLE WITH

1259
00:40:14,566 --> 00:40:15,200
DISABILITIES.

1260
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,366
AND IT WAS POSITIVE ON A NUMBER

1261
00:40:16,366 --> 00:40:17,766
OF FRONTS.

1262
00:40:17,766 --> 00:40:19,566
FIRST, IT SAID PEOPLE WITH

1263
00:40:19,566 --> 00:40:21,233
DISABILITIES COULD LEARN.

1264
00:40:21,233 --> 00:40:23,666
THAT'S QUITE A MESSAGE, RIGHT?

1265
00:40:23,666 --> 00:40:25,266
CREATED OPTIMISM AND

1266
00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:27,800
EXPECTATIONS.

1267
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,966
FAMILIES WENT FROM A MESSAGE OF

1268
00:40:29,966 --> 00:40:31,566
"YOUR CHILD WILL NEVER BE

1269
00:40:31,566 --> 00:40:33,000
ANYTHING, WILL NEVER KNOW YOU

1270
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,066
PUT THEM IN THIS INSTITUTION" TO

1271
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,866
HEARING THEIR CHILD COULD GO TO

1272
00:40:36,866 --> 00:40:38,700
SCHOOL LIKE THE OTHER KIDS IN

1273
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:40,166
THEIR FAMILY AND LEARN.

1274
00:40:40,166 --> 00:40:41,933
THE OTHER CHILDREN IN SCHOOL ALL

1275
00:40:41,933 --> 00:40:42,233
BENEFITED AND SO THEY'RE GROWING

1276
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:44,733
UP KNOWING WHAT DISABILITY IS

1277
00:40:44,733 --> 00:40:50,133
WITH THE MYTHS DEBUNKED.

1278
00:40:50,133 --> 00:40:51,266
SO, I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW,

1279
00:40:51,266 --> 00:40:53,000
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPTION OF

1280
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,933
EDUCATION IN DEMOCRACY WAS THAT

1281
00:40:54,933 --> 00:40:56,566
PEOPLE WOULD LEARN TOGETHER AND

1282
00:40:56,566 --> 00:40:58,300
LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER AND IT

1283
00:40:58,300 --> 00:40:59,600
WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOCIETY.

1284
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,600
IT'S TRUE.

1285
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,633
>> IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WERE

1286
00:41:04,633 --> 00:41:05,966
TAUGHT HOW TO GET A JOB AND HOW

1287
00:41:05,966 --> 00:41:07,933
TO LIVE ON OUR OWN.

1288
00:41:07,933 --> 00:41:09,266
FINDING A JOB AND LIVING ON YOUR

1289
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:10,600
OWN IS A GOOD THING.

1290
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,333
BUT, I WANTED MORE KNOWLEDGE.

1291
00:41:12,333 --> 00:41:13,933
THEY RECOMMENDED A DISABILITY

1292
00:41:13,933 --> 00:41:16,400
COLLEGE.

1293
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,733
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DISABILITY

1294
00:41:17,733 --> 00:41:19,233
COLLEGE, I KIND OF FELT LIKE

1295
00:41:19,233 --> 00:41:20,333
THIS IS LIKE THE ISOLATED

1296
00:41:20,333 --> 00:41:21,666
COLLEGE.

1297
00:41:21,666 --> 00:41:22,733
THE ONLY TWO THINGS THEY TOLD ME

1298
00:41:22,733 --> 00:41:23,800
WAS THIS -- IT'S EITHER GET A

1299
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,166
JOB OR GO TO A DISABILITY

1300
00:41:25,166 --> 00:41:26,666
COLLEGE.

1301
00:41:26,666 --> 00:41:28,300
AND I SAID I'LL GET A JOB AS

1302
00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:29,833
SOON AS I GET --

1303
00:41:29,833 --> 00:41:30,533
AS SOON AS I'LL BE ACCEPTED TO

1304
00:41:30,533 --> 00:41:32,433
MILLERSVILLE.

1305
00:41:32,433 --> 00:41:33,466
THEY FOUND OUT THAT I WAS HARD

1306
00:41:33,466 --> 00:41:34,800
TO TAKE DOWN.

1307
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,066
SO, FAST-FORWARD TO A FEW YEARS

1308
00:41:37,066 --> 00:41:40,100
AGO IN 2014, MY MOTHER WAS

1309
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:42,000
LOOKING AT ME DEAD IN THE EYE

1310
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,033
AND SHE SAID, "DO YOU REMEMBER

1311
00:41:44,033 --> 00:41:45,500
WHEN YOU ALWAYS KEEP ON TALKING

1312
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,166
ABOUT GOING TO MILLERSVILLE

1313
00:41:47,166 --> 00:41:48,833
UNIVERSITY?"

1314
00:41:48,833 --> 00:41:51,500
I TOLD HER YES.

1315
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,733
"WELL, GUESS WHAT?

1316
00:41:53,733 --> 00:41:55,366
YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO

1317
00:41:55,366 --> 00:41:56,866
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY AS THE

1318
00:41:56,866 --> 00:41:58,800
CLASS OF 2016."

1319
00:41:58,800 --> 00:41:59,966
MY HEART WAS RAISING FROM THE

1320
00:41:59,966 --> 00:42:02,766
ROOF.

1321
00:42:02,766 --> 00:42:03,933
I FELT LIKE THE MORE I TRIED TO

1322
00:42:03,933 --> 00:42:05,200
USE MY VOICE, THE MORE THAT

1323
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,833
PEOPLE CAN HEAR.

1324
00:42:07,833 --> 00:42:09,166
AND MY MOTHER SAID TO ME, "YOU

1325
00:42:09,166 --> 00:42:10,466
DON'T HAVE TO BE RETARDED

1326
00:42:10,466 --> 00:42:12,133
ANYMORE."

1327
00:42:12,133 --> 00:42:14,366
AND THAT WAS A HUGE --

1328
00:42:14,366 --> 00:42:15,466
THAT WAS A HUGE POUND IN THE

1329
00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:16,700
HEART, MAKING ME REALIZE THAT

1330
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:18,266
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL SOON

1331
00:42:18,266 --> 00:42:20,133
CARE, CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH

1332
00:42:20,133 --> 00:42:24,800
DISABILITIES.

1333
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,133
WHEN I WAS STARTING CLASSES, I

1334
00:42:26,133 --> 00:42:27,466
FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE LIKE

1335
00:42:27,466 --> 00:42:29,233
IN SPECIAL ED CLASS, BUT THAT'S

1336
00:42:29,233 --> 00:42:30,500
WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT YOU'RE

1337
00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:31,900
ACTUALLY IN A CLASS FULL OF

1338
00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:36,900
REGULAR STUDENTS.

1339
00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:38,333
INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED

1340
00:42:38,333 --> 00:42:40,000
STATES AND THERE'S NOW

1341
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,233
260 CURRICULUMS FOR PEOPLE WITH

1342
00:42:42,233 --> 00:42:44,833
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

1343
00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:46,266
SO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHAT

1344
00:42:46,266 --> 00:42:48,666
WE'RE DOING IS SO UNIQUE.

1345
00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:49,900
AND YET, I FEEL LIKE IT IS.

1346
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,366
[ LAUGHTER ]

1347
00:42:51,366 --> 00:42:52,566
SO, IF ANYTHING CAME UP, HOW ARE

1348
00:42:52,566 --> 00:42:54,066
WE GONNA --

1349
00:42:54,066 --> 00:42:55,766
HOW ARE FOLKS GONNA GO TO CLASS?

1350
00:42:55,766 --> 00:42:56,833
HOW ARE FOLKS GONNA LEARN TO DO

1351
00:42:56,833 --> 00:42:57,566
A RESUME?

1352
00:42:57,566 --> 00:42:58,466
HOW ARE FOLKS GONNA LEARN HOW TO

1353
00:42:58,466 --> 00:42:59,066
BANKING?

1354
00:42:59,066 --> 00:42:59,966
WHAT ABOUT JOBS?

1355
00:42:59,966 --> 00:43:01,133
WHAT ABOUT DRIVING?

1356
00:43:01,133 --> 00:43:02,366
WHAT ABOUT PARTIES?

1357
00:43:02,366 --> 00:43:03,333
WHAT ABOUT FOOTBALL TEAMS?

1358
00:43:03,333 --> 00:43:04,366
WHAT ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS?

1359
00:43:04,366 --> 00:43:05,166
WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW --

1360
00:43:05,166 --> 00:43:06,666
NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS, OUR FIRST

1361
00:43:06,666 --> 00:43:08,966
QUESTION IS "WELL, WHAT DO

1362
00:43:08,966 --> 00:43:12,400
STUDENTS DO HERE?"

1363
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,933
WE WOULD TRY TO REPLICATE THAT.

1364
00:43:14,933 --> 00:43:16,133
WE'VE MODELED IT AFTER OUR

1365
00:43:16,133 --> 00:43:17,566
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDY DEGREE.

1366
00:43:17,566 --> 00:43:18,733
SO, IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYBODY

1367
00:43:18,733 --> 00:43:20,233
ELSE.

1368
00:43:20,233 --> 00:43:21,266
COMPLETELY INCLUDED.

1369
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:22,766
TYPICAL CLASSES.

1370
00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:23,966
>> THE NEXT STEP WHICH IS HOW DO

1371
00:43:23,966 --> 00:43:25,466
WE HELP PEOPLE NOT JUST BE IN

1372
00:43:25,466 --> 00:43:26,866
THE COMMUNITY, BUT BE IN THE

1373
00:43:26,866 --> 00:43:28,566
COMMUNITY?

1374
00:43:28,566 --> 00:43:30,166
INVOLVES HELPING PEOPLE HAVE

1375
00:43:30,166 --> 00:43:31,866
RELATIONSHIPS.

1376
00:43:31,866 --> 00:43:33,733
AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNPAID

1377
00:43:33,733 --> 00:43:35,133
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THERE

1378
00:43:35,133 --> 00:43:36,000
FOR THE LONG HAUL WHO AREN'T

1379
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,266
NECESSARILY FAMILY.

1380
00:43:37,266 --> 00:43:38,333
SO, THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S JUST

1381
00:43:38,333 --> 00:43:40,600
HARD WORK.

1382
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:41,766
AND IT MEANS WALKING WITH

1383
00:43:41,766 --> 00:43:42,866
PEOPLE.

1384
00:43:42,866 --> 00:43:43,966
IT MEANS HELPING PEOPLE BE IN

1385
00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:45,566
TYPICAL PLACES, WITH TYPICAL

1386
00:43:45,566 --> 00:43:46,633
PEOPLE, DOING TYPICAL THINGS IN

1387
00:43:46,633 --> 00:43:46,833
TYPICAL WAYS.

1388
00:43:46,833 --> 00:43:49,333
AND THAT'S ALSO GONNA CAUSE, I

1389
00:43:49,333 --> 00:43:50,900
THINK, THE NEXT SHIFT, THE NEXT

1390
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:54,166
CHANGE.

1391
00:43:54,166 --> 00:43:55,300
>> THE TYPICAL PERSON HAS ABOUT

1392
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:56,766
150 IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS IN

1393
00:43:56,766 --> 00:43:59,400
THEIR LIVES.

1394
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:00,800
WE BEGAN TO SAY, "WELL, WHAT

1395
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,300
ABOUT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

1396
00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:03,766
THAT ARE BEING SERVED IN

1397
00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:06,433
AGENCIES?

1398
00:44:06,433 --> 00:44:07,900
DO THEY HAVE 150 IMPORTANT

1399
00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:09,666
RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR LIVES?"

1400
00:44:09,666 --> 00:44:11,433
AND SO, WHAT WE EMBARKED UPON

1401
00:44:11,433 --> 00:44:12,766
WAS A STUDY.

1402
00:44:12,766 --> 00:44:14,233
THE AVERAGE NUMBER THAT WE WERE

1403
00:44:14,233 --> 00:44:15,433
GETTING WAS ABOUT

1404
00:44:15,433 --> 00:44:16,766
24 SELF-REPORTED IMPORTANT

1405
00:44:16,766 --> 00:44:19,200
RELATIONSHIPS.

1406
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:20,500
80% OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

1407
00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:22,000
ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND

1408
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,266
LONELY.

1409
00:44:24,266 --> 00:44:25,366
THAT DATA SLAPS ME IN THE FACE

1410
00:44:25,366 --> 00:44:27,100
AND SAYS, "WAKE UP."

1411
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:28,333
PEOPLE ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND

1412
00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:32,166
LONELY.

1413
00:44:32,166 --> 00:44:33,266
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO

1414
00:44:33,266 --> 00:44:35,666
ATTACK.

1415
00:44:35,666 --> 00:44:37,233
>> THE BEST WAY I KNOW OF TO

1416
00:44:37,233 --> 00:44:39,300
DISPEL MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS

1417
00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:40,833
ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE IS TO

1418
00:44:40,833 --> 00:44:42,366
INTERACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

1419
00:44:42,366 --> 00:44:45,633
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY

1420
00:44:45,633 --> 00:44:47,266
DON'T HAVE AN INVITATION TO THE

1421
00:44:47,266 --> 00:44:49,266
TABLE.

1422
00:44:49,266 --> 00:44:50,866
>> THE GREATEST SOCIAL CHANGE

1423
00:44:50,866 --> 00:44:52,900
THAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY

1424
00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,600
HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST

1425
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:55,933
20 YEARS.

1426
00:44:55,933 --> 00:44:57,566
AND THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN

1427
00:44:57,566 --> 00:45:00,400
ATTITUDES TOWARDS SAME-SEX

1428
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:01,733
MARRIAGE.

1429
00:45:01,733 --> 00:45:03,133
SOCIOLOGISTS LOOKED AT TYPICAL

1430
00:45:03,133 --> 00:45:04,766
AMERICANS AND ASKED THEM ABOUT

1431
00:45:04,766 --> 00:45:06,466
THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SAME-SEX

1432
00:45:06,466 --> 00:45:08,333
MARRIAGE.

1433
00:45:08,333 --> 00:45:10,266
AND 25 YEARS AGO WAS "WOW, NO.

1434
00:45:10,266 --> 00:45:11,366
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

1435
00:45:11,366 --> 00:45:13,066
THIS IS NOT NATURAL.

1436
00:45:13,066 --> 00:45:16,500
THIS IS NOT GOOD."

1437
00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:17,733
WHEN SOCIOLOGISTS REDID THAT

1438
00:45:17,733 --> 00:45:19,633
SURVEY JUST RECENTLY, THEY

1439
00:45:19,633 --> 00:45:21,333
DISCOVERED THAT ACTUALLY THE

1440
00:45:21,333 --> 00:45:22,800
ATTITUDES HAD FLIPPED IN ONE

1441
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,800
GENERATION.

1442
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,500
THAT 69-68% SAID, "YEAH, IF TWO

1443
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:29,400
PEOPLE WANT TO GET MARRIED, THEY

1444
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,733
SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT."

1445
00:45:32,733 --> 00:45:35,233
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

1446
00:45:35,233 --> 00:45:36,766
BUT, WHAT THEN BEGAN TO CHANGE

1447
00:45:36,766 --> 00:45:38,300
THE ATTITUDES OF THOSE PEOPLE

1448
00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:40,266
AROUND THE PERSON WHO IS GAY WAS

1449
00:45:40,266 --> 00:45:42,633
THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A

1450
00:45:42,633 --> 00:45:44,300
RELATIONSHIP.

1451
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:45,866
IT'S MY SON, IT'S MY DAUGHTER,

1452
00:45:45,866 --> 00:45:47,833
THIS IS MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE,

1453
00:45:47,833 --> 00:45:49,666
THIS MY NEIGHBOR KID THAT I GREW

1454
00:45:49,666 --> 00:45:51,466
UP WITH.

1455
00:45:51,466 --> 00:45:52,866
SO, THE RELATIONSHIP BEGAN TO

1456
00:45:52,866 --> 00:45:58,500
ALTER THE ATTITUDE.

1457
00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:00,533
IT WASN'T NECESSARILY READING

1458
00:46:00,533 --> 00:46:01,666
A --

1459
00:46:01,666 --> 00:46:03,066
YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF TREATISE

1460
00:46:03,066 --> 00:46:04,500
ON, YOU KNOW, GAY RIGHTS.

1461
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:05,833
IT WAS THE FACT THAT "I KNOW

1462
00:46:05,833 --> 00:46:07,566
THIS PERSON."

1463
00:46:07,566 --> 00:46:08,900
AND SO, FOR US AS ADVOCATES IN

1464
00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:10,500
DISABILITY RIGHTS, IS HOW DO WE

1465
00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:14,100
HELP PEOPLE COME OUT, RIGHT?

1466
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:15,700
HOW CAN WE GET PEOPLE OUT THERE,

1467
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:17,733
AND THEN THROUGH SIMILARITY,

1468
00:46:17,733 --> 00:46:20,933
HELP THOSE PEOPLE BUILD

1469
00:46:20,933 --> 00:46:22,566
RELATIONSHIPS IN A WAY THAT IS

1470
00:46:22,566 --> 00:46:25,966
NOT ABOUT THEIR DISABILITY, BUT

1471
00:46:25,966 --> 00:46:27,933
IS ABOUT THE SIMILARITY THAT

1472
00:46:27,933 --> 00:46:30,733
THEY SHARE.

1473
00:46:30,733 --> 00:46:31,933
THEY BOTH LIKE JAZZ MUSIC, THEY

1474
00:46:31,933 --> 00:46:33,133
BOTH LIKE --

1475
00:46:33,133 --> 00:46:34,633
I DON'T KNOW, ART.

1476
00:46:34,633 --> 00:46:36,166
THEY BOTH LIKE THE STEELERS, OR

1477
00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:37,400
WHATEVER THAT COMMONALITY IS

1478
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,566
THAT LEADS TO THE BEGINNING

1479
00:46:39,566 --> 00:46:44,400
PHASES OF A RELATIONSHIP.

1480
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:45,966
>> I TEACH A CLASS CALLED

1481
00:46:45,966 --> 00:46:47,466
"DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION

1482
00:46:47,466 --> 00:46:48,966
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES."

1483
00:46:48,966 --> 00:46:50,400
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT

1484
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:51,800
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BEST

1485
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,933
TO KEEP AND CATCH PEOPLE YOUNG.

1486
00:46:53,933 --> 00:46:55,900
TO TRY TO DISPEL MANY OF THOSE

1487
00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:57,500
MYTHS AND MISINFORMATION AND GET

1488
00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:01,700
THEM AT AN EARLY AGE.

1489
00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:03,200
SO I SPEND 16 WEEKS TRYING TO

1490
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,700
CHANGE THAT.

1491
00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:09,100
>> I GRADUATED IN 2016 AND I

1492
00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:10,233
GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S

1493
00:47:10,233 --> 00:47:11,700
DEGREE.

1494
00:47:11,700 --> 00:47:13,100
AND MY CURRENT PROGRAM WAS BASED

1495
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:14,366
ON WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN MY

1496
00:47:14,366 --> 00:47:15,666
CAREER.

1497
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:16,800
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY CAREER WOULD

1498
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,966
BE LIKE COOKING.

1499
00:47:19,966 --> 00:47:21,800
AND FOR MY HOBBY WOULD BE

1500
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,033
ACTING.

1501
00:47:23,033 --> 00:47:24,833
SO, THEY CREATED LIKE THE MAJOR,

1502
00:47:24,833 --> 00:47:26,466
LIKE HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

1503
00:47:26,466 --> 00:47:28,566
COMMUNITY AND THEATER.

1504
00:47:28,566 --> 00:47:29,666
WHEN I GAVE OUT THE COMMENCEMENT

1505
00:47:29,666 --> 00:47:31,133
SPEECH, I SAID TO THE FELLOW

1506
00:47:31,133 --> 00:47:32,833
GRADUATES "HELLO, HOW'S

1507
00:47:32,833 --> 00:47:34,300
EVERYONE --

1508
00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:37,033
EVERYBODY FEELING?"

1509
00:47:37,033 --> 00:47:39,000
AND THEY WE'RE LIKE, "WOO!"

1510
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,200
[ CHEERS ]

1511
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:42,666
AND THEY WERE CHEERING ME LIKE I

1512
00:47:42,666 --> 00:47:44,366
WAS SOME SORT OF AN ACTIVIST.

1513
00:47:44,366 --> 00:47:46,133
AS I LOOK INTO MY FUTURE, I HAVE

1514
00:47:46,133 --> 00:47:49,133
HOPE IN MY HEART.

1515
00:47:49,133 --> 00:47:50,633
AND I WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT

1516
00:47:50,633 --> 00:47:51,833
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN DO

1517
00:47:51,833 --> 00:47:55,366
GREAT THINGS.

1518
00:47:55,366 --> 00:47:56,933
>> THE LAST THING THAT I SAID TO

1519
00:47:56,933 --> 00:47:58,666
THEM IS "I'M HONORED TO GIVE

1520
00:47:58,666 --> 00:48:00,466
YOU --

1521
00:48:00,466 --> 00:48:01,966
TO SAY NOT ONLY TO BUT ON BEHALF

1522
00:48:01,966 --> 00:48:05,466
OF YOU, MY FELLOW GRADUATES --"

1523
00:48:05,466 --> 00:48:06,800
>> DON'T LET ANYONE TELL WHO YOU

1524
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,400
ARE AND NEVER GIVE UP HOPE!

1525
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,833
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

1526
00:48:12,833 --> 00:48:14,600
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

1527
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:15,966
>> IT WAS AMAZING.

1528
00:48:15,966 --> 00:48:17,133
I FELT LIKE I'VE DONE SOMETHING

1529
00:48:17,133 --> 00:48:18,533
NO OTHERS HAVE DONE BEFORE.

1530
00:48:18,533 --> 00:48:20,133
AND I DID THIS NOT ONLY FOR MY

1531
00:48:20,133 --> 00:48:21,666
FRIENDS, AND FAMILY, AND FOR MY

1532
00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:23,166
ADVISOR; I DID THIS FOR ME TO

1533
00:48:23,166 --> 00:48:28,933
PROVE MYSELF I CAN DO THIS.

1534
00:48:28,933 --> 00:48:31,400
THE WORLD WILL SAY, "NO YOU

1535
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,566
CAN'T," BUT IN MY OWN WORLD, I

1536
00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:39,166
WILL SAY, "YES, YOU CAN."

1537
00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:40,266
>> I LIVED IN A COMMUNITY

1538
00:48:40,266 --> 00:48:44,100
ARRANGEMENT FOR 13 YEARS.

1539
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:45,866
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANGE THAT IS

1540
00:48:45,866 --> 00:48:47,466
I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO BE ON

1541
00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:49,200
MY OWN, BUT THE AGENCY SAID,

1542
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,033
"NOPE, NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

1543
00:48:51,033 --> 00:48:52,833
YOU NEED TO HAVE STAFF.

1544
00:48:52,833 --> 00:48:55,000
YOU CAN'T BE ON YOUR OWN.

1545
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,233
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT

1546
00:48:57,233 --> 00:48:58,900
CAPABLE OF DOING STUFF, SO WE

1547
00:48:58,900 --> 00:49:01,033
HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF WITH YOU."

1548
00:49:01,033 --> 00:49:03,000
I WAS LIKE, "NO YOU DON'T."

1549
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,700
I WAS LIKE, "I'M INDEPENDENT.

1550
00:49:04,700 --> 00:49:06,200
I WANT TO START PROVING TO

1551
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:07,233
YOU -- TO PEOPLE THAT I COULD DO

1552
00:49:07,233 --> 00:49:09,166
STUFF ON MY OWN."

1553
00:49:09,166 --> 00:49:10,633
THE CASE MANAGER THAT I HAD

1554
00:49:10,633 --> 00:49:12,566
HELPED ME PICK OUT AN APARTMENT

1555
00:49:12,566 --> 00:49:14,100
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM

1556
00:49:14,100 --> 00:49:17,300
WHERE I USED TO LIVE AT.

1557
00:49:17,300 --> 00:49:19,266
AND I TRAVELED FROM HOME TO THE

1558
00:49:19,266 --> 00:49:21,400
WORKSHOP EVERYDAY BY BUS.

1559
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,633
AND THAT WAS VERY EASY.

1560
00:49:23,633 --> 00:49:25,333
I HAD ALL DIFFERENT JOBS, BUT I

1561
00:49:25,333 --> 00:49:28,366
ALSO WORKED AS A SELF-ADVOCATE.

1562
00:49:28,366 --> 00:49:31,600
IT MADE ME FEEL POWERFUL.

1563
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,366
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

1564
00:49:33,366 --> 00:49:34,533
WERE LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO

1565
00:49:34,533 --> 00:49:35,833
SAY.

1566
00:49:35,833 --> 00:49:37,000
I HAVE LIVED A

1567
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:44,233
SELF-DETERMINATION LIFE.

1568
00:49:44,233 --> 00:49:45,400
>> AFTER TEN YEARS OF FINDING

1569
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:46,100
HIM --

1570
00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:48,966
WE FINALLY FOUND EACH OTHER.

1571
00:49:48,966 --> 00:49:50,166
WE HAD OUR FIRST CONFERENCE

1572
00:49:50,166 --> 00:49:50,833
CALL.

1573
00:49:50,833 --> 00:49:51,933
WE HAD OUR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE

1574
00:49:51,933 --> 00:49:55,033
MEETING AS MOTHER AND SON.

1575
00:49:55,033 --> 00:49:56,700
I FELT LIKE MEETING A STRANGER

1576
00:49:56,700 --> 00:49:58,233
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

1577
00:49:58,233 --> 00:49:59,966
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL.

1578
00:49:59,966 --> 00:50:02,800
I WAS NUMB.

1579
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,200
AND IT'S KIND OF HARD BECAUSE IF

1580
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:05,866
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR SON FOR

1581
00:50:05,866 --> 00:50:07,333
OVER 38 YEARS, IT'S PAINFUL.

1582
00:50:07,333 --> 00:50:10,033
MY HOPE FOR MY SON IS THAT HE

1583
00:50:10,033 --> 00:50:13,300
HAS A LIFE THAT HE WANTS TO

1584
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:16,200
LIVE.

1585
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:17,866
I WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY.

1586
00:50:17,866 --> 00:50:19,300
I WANT HIM TO DO WHATEVER HE

1587
00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:21,766
WANTS TO DO IN LIFE.

1588
00:50:21,766 --> 00:50:23,366
I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT IF HE

1589
00:50:23,366 --> 00:50:25,566
EVER NEEDS ME THAT I'M THERE FOR

1590
00:50:25,566 --> 00:50:26,933
HIM.

1591
00:50:26,933 --> 00:50:28,500
AND I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT I

1592
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:31,600
LOVE HIM.

1593
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,133
I HAVE PROVED TO ME, I HAVE

1594
00:50:33,133 --> 00:50:35,366
PROVED TO THE WORLD, I HAVE

1595
00:50:35,366 --> 00:50:37,033
PROVED TO EVERY AGENCY THAT I

1596
00:50:37,033 --> 00:50:38,233
CAN DO WHATEVER I PUT MY MIND

1597
00:50:38,233 --> 00:50:49,100
TO.

1598
00:50:49,100 --> 00:50:50,533
>> WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THE

1599
00:50:50,533 --> 00:50:52,300
GUYS, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE

1600
00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:53,933
BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND FOR GORDIE

1601
00:50:53,933 --> 00:50:56,266
TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY.

1602
00:50:56,266 --> 00:50:57,800
AND THEN THERE'S A BIT OF, YOU

1603
00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,233
KNOW, SADNESS SAYING GOODBYE TO

1604
00:50:59,233 --> 00:51:00,933
THE GUYS AND WISHING THEM WELL.

1605
00:51:00,933 --> 00:51:02,800
SO, I THINK IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT

1606
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,666
LIFE FOR THEM AND I THINK

1607
00:51:04,666 --> 00:51:06,500
THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO

1608
00:51:06,500 --> 00:51:08,400
MOVE TO A HOME AS OPPOSED TO

1609
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,033
LIVING IN THE FACILITY AT THIS

1610
00:51:10,033 --> 00:51:13,333
TIME IN THEIR LIFE.

1611
00:51:13,333 --> 00:51:14,200
>> BETTER SAVE SOME OF THOSE

1612
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:15,666
KISSES FOR ME.

1613
00:51:15,666 --> 00:51:17,833
HEAR ME?

1614
00:51:17,833 --> 00:51:22,700
DON'T GIVE 'EM ALL AWAY.

1615
00:51:22,700 --> 00:51:23,633
>> SEE YOU LATER, PETER.

1616
00:51:23,633 --> 00:51:24,833
TAKE IT EASY, OKAY?

1617
00:51:24,833 --> 00:51:25,833
BE ALL RIGHT.

1618
00:51:25,833 --> 00:51:27,033
GORDIE'S GONNA LOOK AFTER YOU

1619
00:51:27,033 --> 00:51:37,433
TOO.

1620
00:51:37,433 --> 00:51:39,000
>> THIS IS YOUR HOUSE KEY.

1621
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,033
IT'S ALL FOR YOU.

1622
00:51:41,033 --> 00:51:45,300
CAN I PUT IT AROUND YOUR NECK?

1623
00:51:45,300 --> 00:51:46,766
>> IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE

1624
00:51:46,766 --> 00:51:48,133
YOU KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE

1625
00:51:48,133 --> 00:51:49,600
BEEN IN A STATE INSTITUTION FOR

1626
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,033
ALMOST 50 YEARS AND IT'S AN

1627
00:51:51,033 --> 00:51:52,200
INCREDIBLE THING FOR THEM.

1628
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:53,633
AND THEY'LL COME OUT AND THEY'LL

1629
00:51:53,633 --> 00:51:55,033
HAVE THEIR OWN HOME AND THEIR

1630
00:51:55,033 --> 00:51:56,300
OWN BEDROOM.

1631
00:51:56,300 --> 00:51:58,166
GORDIE, ONE OF HIS FIRST

1632
00:51:58,166 --> 00:51:59,400
SELF-ADVOCACY REQUESTS THAT I

1633
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,300
RECALL WAS HE WANTED HIS ROOM TO

1634
00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:03,333
BE BLUE.

1635
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:04,633
HE WAS VERY ADAMANT ON THAT.

1636
00:52:04,633 --> 00:52:06,100
SO, TO GO IN HIS ROOM AND TO SEE

1637
00:52:06,100 --> 00:52:08,000
IT COLORED BLUE WAS VERY

1638
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,466
EMOTIONAL.

1639
00:52:11,466 --> 00:52:12,300
>> TAH-DAH!

1640
00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:13,133
>> YES!

1641
00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:13,966
>> YES, IT IS --

1642
00:52:13,966 --> 00:52:15,266
>> YES!

1643
00:52:15,266 --> 00:52:17,233
>> YEAH!

1644
00:52:17,233 --> 00:52:19,500
YEAH!

1645
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:21,733
♪♪

1646
00:52:21,733 --> 00:52:23,200
>> I THINK WE'VE MADE GREAT

1647
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:24,233
STRIDES.

1648
00:52:24,233 --> 00:52:25,400
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

1649
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,233
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE

1650
00:52:27,233 --> 00:52:28,733
DON'T BACKSLIDE.

1651
00:52:28,733 --> 00:52:30,400
IT'S TOO EASY TO FORGET ABOUT

1652
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:31,833
THE PAST 40 YEARS AS WE GO TO

1653
00:52:31,833 --> 00:52:33,466
THE NEXT 40 YEARS.

1654
00:52:33,466 --> 00:52:35,733
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUNG

1655
00:52:35,733 --> 00:52:37,466
FAMILIES CONTINUE TO BE TRAINED

1656
00:52:37,466 --> 00:52:39,066
AND LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.

1657
00:52:39,066 --> 00:52:40,900
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LEARN

1658
00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:42,366
FROM YOUR HISTORY, YOU'RE

1659
00:52:42,366 --> 00:52:48,166
DESTINED TO REPEAT IT.

1660
00:52:48,166 --> 00:52:49,433
>> YES, TYPICAL LIVES AND

1661
00:52:49,433 --> 00:52:52,733
EVERYDAY LIVES ARE VENEERED.

1662
00:52:52,733 --> 00:52:56,600
BUT, ARE THEY FELT?

1663
00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:59,033
IS THERE CONTROL?

1664
00:52:59,033 --> 00:53:01,033
IS THERE --

1665
00:53:01,033 --> 00:53:02,366
DO PEOPLE WAKE UP AND SAY, "THIS

1666
00:53:02,366 --> 00:53:03,466
IS MY LIFE AND I GET TO DO WHAT

1667
00:53:03,466 --> 00:53:05,633
I WANT?"

1668
00:53:05,633 --> 00:53:06,566
>> AND THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS.

1669
00:53:06,566 --> 00:53:08,166
IF THERE'S A PERIOD OF GREAT

1670
00:53:08,166 --> 00:53:09,500
ACTIVATION, EXCITEMENT, AND

1671
00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:10,466
PASSION.

1672
00:53:10,466 --> 00:53:12,666
AND THEN IT GETS HARD.

1673
00:53:12,666 --> 00:53:13,933
IT GETS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE

1674
00:53:13,933 --> 00:53:15,566
INVESTED AND INVOLVED.

1675
00:53:15,566 --> 00:53:17,233
SOMETIMES AS WELL WE GO TO SLEEP

1676
00:53:17,233 --> 00:53:19,000
ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD

1677
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,566
AND WE STOP THINKING.

1678
00:53:20,566 --> 00:53:22,166
LIKE, WE THINK OUR WORK IS DONE.

1679
00:53:22,166 --> 00:53:23,333
SO, THE PERON'S LIVING IN THE

1680
00:53:23,333 --> 00:53:24,966
COMMUNITY, THEY'RE IN THIS

1681
00:53:24,966 --> 00:53:26,533
PROGRAM, THEY'RE REASONABLY

1682
00:53:26,533 --> 00:53:27,900
HAPPY, AND SOME OF THE

1683
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:29,566
LIMITATIONS OF WHAT'S NEXT GO

1684
00:53:29,566 --> 00:53:31,300
OUT OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS, AND WE

1685
00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:32,900
THINK WE'VE ARRIVED.

1686
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:34,400
>> WHEN I'VE BEEN USING THE WORD

1687
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:35,700
WE, I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE

1688
00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:37,866
AMERICAN DREAM.

1689
00:53:37,866 --> 00:53:39,733
IT'S THE WE OF THE CONSTITUTION.

1690
00:53:39,733 --> 00:53:41,166
IT'S THE WE OF THE "ALL PEOPLE

1691
00:53:41,166 --> 00:53:42,900
ARE CREATED EQUAL."

1692
00:53:42,900 --> 00:53:44,366
AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE,

1693
00:53:44,366 --> 00:53:45,333
LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF

1694
00:53:45,333 --> 00:53:45,933
HAPPINESS.

1695
00:53:45,933 --> 00:53:46,766
THAT'S THE WE.

1696
00:53:46,766 --> 00:53:47,966
I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR CULTURE.

1697
00:53:47,966 --> 00:53:49,600
WE NEED TO DO BETTER, NOT JUST

1698
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:50,966
THE DISABILITY PROFESSIONALS,

1699
00:53:50,966 --> 00:53:52,266
NOT JUST THE FILMMAKERS, NOT

1700
00:53:52,266 --> 00:53:53,566
JUST THE ADVOCATES AND THE

1701
00:53:53,566 --> 00:53:55,200
PARENTS.

1702
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:58,133
WE AMERICANS.

1703
00:53:58,133 --> 00:53:59,533
WE CAN AND WILL DO BETTER.

1704
00:53:59,533 --> 00:54:01,366
>> WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH FURTHER

1705
00:54:01,366 --> 00:54:02,466
TO GO.

1706
00:54:02,466 --> 00:54:04,100
WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS, BUT

1707
00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:06,100
THERE'S STILL SO MUCH FURTHER WE

1708
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:07,566
HAVE TO GO BEFORE WE CAN REALLY

1709
00:54:07,566 --> 00:54:09,233
SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE

1710
00:54:09,233 --> 00:54:12,533
ARRIVED HOME.

1711
00:54:12,533 --> 00:54:17,900
♪♪

1712
00:54:17,900 --> 00:54:19,066
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1713
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1715
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1716
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1717
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1718
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1719
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1720
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1721
00:54:32,833 --> 00:54:34,966
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1722
00:54:34,966 --> 00:54:36,233
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1723
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1724
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1726
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1727
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1728
00:54:46,233 --> 00:54:47,766
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1729
00:54:47,766 --> 00:54:49,066
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1730
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1738
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1739
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1740
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♪♪