For nearly 80 years; Pennhurst State School and Hospital was a reminder of how society viewed and treated people with intellectual disabilities. Over its existence; Pennhurst was home to more than 10;600 people. Many spent decades there; working to keep the institution running by performing various jobs. While some enjoyed the lives they had fashioned for themselves at Pennhurst; for many others; life there was crushing. Pennhurst also played a central role in the lives of its employees and in the rural Pennsylvania community where it was located. Controversy plagued the institution for its entire existence; and it is remembered primarily as a place where bad things happened. However; it was much more than that. This book provides a window into that separate world; reminding those who were part of it of what they saw and did there and giving those who know only what they have heard or seen a different picture of what Pennhurst truly was.
#2456479 in eBooks 2015-08-15 2015-08-15File Name: B010C0D9E6
Review
