My little sister (15) has intellectual disability disorder. I’m 20 and have recently become her guardian due to neglect from our mother. She was in foster care for a year and that was the worst thing for her. They treated her like a young child. She regressed terribly, would wet her bed every night , but with me she’s only done that twice and she’s learned so much already. We’re all people. We’re from Australia really wants to go to America, so I’m doing everything I can to help her obtain that goal.

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

God love you. Your sister and you are blessed to have each other! 💖🙏🏼😇

@josephineamadi1629

2 жыл бұрын

Good video

I have a mild disability. An I will be 52 next month. I'm so grateful that my mom and dad didn't send me to an institution. Breaks my heart 💔 that the disability was treated horrible .

This is a great documentary. People with disabilities have come a long way. I recall the time my father was a security guard manager in the late 1970s and I was 11 or so years old. This man was well dressed and came to our house for an interview for a security guard position. He looked so sincere, but he soon came out of the house with a dejected look on his face. I went in to ask my father why he wasn't hired. On the man's application, all he had were dishwashing jobs, and my father said he couldn't hire someone who was "the R word" for such a job. Yet I saw "normal" people coming in shabbily dressed and got the jobs for security, but they didn't last long. For some reason, I felt this anger inside of me toward my dad after witnessing that, an anger that lasted for a few days. I'll never forget that dejected look on that man's face. As the film said, it's important for everybody to have the "dignity of risk." Things have evolved so much over 40 years, and they will continue to do so. I want to see people living their dreams, being allowed safely to take those risks to do such.

@johnandevefoster3816

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean we have come a long way... there was a time not that long ago we put them away and forgot about them... they remain the same we the normal ones have come a long way...

Roberta is actually quite well spoken. I'm glad that she's able to do things alone and live a normal adult life.

I really like how that one woman points out the right for disabled people to take risks.

I really enjoyed that job at Family Residences and Essential Enterprises. I worked there for 12 years. I miss it very much. The people were very nice. I miss them very much.

Thank you for this!! When I was about 12 years old I went on a tour of the Grafton State School (Grafton Developmental Center). I was profoundly affected and have vivid memories. This documentary has pictures of those very memories. Wow. It also details the many profound changes in services. It's painful to remember the history of people diagnosed with intellectual disabilities but reminders are important. We've come a long way in supports and community acceptance for this vulnerable population. We must always remain vigilant advocates and negotiators. Thanks again.

@NotWhatIamMadeFor

6 ай бұрын

why was a 12 year old on tour there?

a person can be supported and assisted WITHOUT guardianship !

@lauribricker9439

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

This is perfect, we are all human no matter the mental health, race, skin, gender or sexuality. c:

@chrisgiddens787

3 жыл бұрын

@Aryanne Hess fuck you racist asshole.

AMAZING stories!!

My elderly neighbour is mentally slow but we all watch over him in our area. We treat him no different then anyone else. He likes to join in and hang out with us. We enjoy his company. This man worked 40 years in food service!

@WDBsirLocksight

3 жыл бұрын

Would you still hang out with a neighbour (or somebody) if they carried a stuffy everywhere....?

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

@@WDBsirLocksight is a stuffy a stuffed animal like a teddy bear?

@WDBsirLocksight

2 жыл бұрын

@@winterlite3243 yes

@WDBsirLocksight

2 жыл бұрын

I dont see this type of community if the disability is invisible, the person is verbal, person is tall or wide. Is it only true because they're senior....? (due to a general idea of supporting the aged).

I am Annette first and my disability is something that is a part of me but it doesn't define who I am! I am one of the lucky ones whose parents never believed in putting me into an institution! I have made friends with various people who ptsd due to being institutionalized and I can only imagine the horrors they went through

Here in New Hampshire, the Laconia State School for the Feeble-Minded was a Hellhole. As a person with Mild Autism and Mild Cerebral Palsy, I was mainstreamed in the 1960's. I am glad that my parents never "threw me away".

@tazmissionplex

6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Wood I'm form massachsetts and we had few notable snakes pits danvers state hospital metropolitan state hospital fernald state school Belchertown state school ladd center in rhode island yea it was a shame

@ScarletRebel96

5 жыл бұрын

Your a good man never forget that bro

@ScarletRebel96

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas woods you have my respect

@lisascott2449

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! God bless you

Excellent excellent!

I'm so admirable of the work you offering it's so fantastic thanks you guy for your kind work

I have a learning disability also. I am a person who would eventually like to work in the community without feelings of being uptight or very anxious. I worked at Family Residences and Essential Enterprises cleaning buses in Islandia Long Island New York.

One of the most powerfully moving videos I have seen in a long time. Everyone is able to contribute.

@SaraHouck461

6 жыл бұрын

Teena Jones Glad you see it that way, because it truly is a blessing for those agencies to be established so that society can be given a huge wake up call!

I'm proud of you guys, you really are a person 💪💪

Love them 😘🌹

I work with wonderful people with this in Ohio. I love them so much.

@chersmith7441

7 жыл бұрын

I would love to do that! How exactly do you get into that? Is there a certain degree they prefer?

@KristinEklund1222

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there is a degree that you can get but we have a cooperate office that I just walked in and applied at. I've had no pervious experience. I would try googling MRDD adult homes or working with MRDD in your area wherever you live :)

@chersmith7441

7 жыл бұрын

Kristin Eklund thanks a lot , will do :)

Good video

This video is so inspiring and heart warming, to see the progress in this community and how much care and attention goes to these amazing people with disabilities. Everyone deserves the opportunity to become the best version of themselves and live a happy fulfilled life.

I just attended a presentation about institutions. It was sick. Theres another one on KZread too called the "Freedom Tour" . While I believe for the most part institutions are archaic but then that means hospitals and schools too that force ideology on to others. I'll be the first to sell all my possessions and take up residence in a mountain retreat with the proper support. I have a complex condition cross-cutting many labels including genetic, developmental, mental health and neurological. When disability is not apparent (invisible) they tell you you're malingering or lieing. I've had workers use what I tell them against me and withhold support because I am my own guardian. I dont have access to advocates and my parents can't be directly involved (Im in my 3rd decade). It has traumatized me and caused me suicidal thoughts. I cannot get the 20K budget as regular DD or PDD people get because my IQ is too high. I understand though that budget type isn't sustainable but thats what it takes to have a supportive roommate and community worker. Its difficult now because I have to decide on wills, estate, personal directive, guardianship and trusteeship ($1300). I have nobody to help me.

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have access to a therapist, social worker or case manager? I would think you’d need some help with the financial planning for your future. Even though you are your own guardian you can still seek advice from your parents or even pay professionals when/if you can afford to.

@WDBsirLocksight

2 жыл бұрын

@@winterlite3243 I'm pretty much broke. I hadn't had a case manager since 2012. I now have access to a case mgr but we need to create a timeline of events before she can start support me. Plus it will take some money out of the community funding and only have 17hrs a week. There is no case mgr for financial. I've already made contact with a disability advocate lawyer but have no money. Have to try a will online as I don't want to get a paper kit. Have to wait on parents for them to modify/amend there estare/will to a disability trust when assets get handed down.

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

@@WDBsirLocksight I wish I could offer you some practical advice. Sadly, the “system” has too many cracks in it where deserving people can fall through. My son is in his thirties and is on the Autism Spectrum. He has epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and depression. Our family is now entering into (the reason I found your comment) the gut-wrenching search for a group home for our beloved boy.

@WDBsirLocksight

2 жыл бұрын

@@winterlite3243 Oh yeah group homes. In the states you need waivers. It was embarrassing the first time I had to consider a group home. Group homes have little space and I have tons of collections. I was also denied because of not being on on government PDD funding and of my long-term and short-term memory among other things. I thought it could help if in crisis, as supposedly I have co-occuring mental health stuff. Most don't have an extra room. Hard to find one that deals with autusm/dd, mh and medical. The home care person really rails on me due to the fact I'm not sure about little decisions anymore, food particularities, esp post- mid-way with a dental procedure. Home care is just a PSW and is pretty much clueless. Everybody is so impatient today and doesn't match up with my low-frustration tolerance. And now one of the workers says she hasn't been paid. My mom went back to work out of retirement and I feel bad. Trying to find another person to do the funds admin

Damn this made me cry so much

@really-._.-

3 жыл бұрын

of laughter? wow, that is inappropriate.

I agree with that. People do have choices. I agree that if the person does not like their job the job developer should be assisting them with finding a job they like, and will be successful at.

I want to hug them tight

yea well preschools are over crowded and over stimulated and the kids dont have the amount of individual attention that they need to have their true capacity supported. Many children have their social/cognitive development impaired on some level before they even reached kindergarten. Now that I have left working in preschool, I'm about to begin working in a group home where it is two staff per five people. I hope it goes well. But, the fact remains: that many of our typical institutions are operating in similar ways that effect people negatively. And, this ongoingly goes ignored.

This makes my heart break. Looking at these pics they seem old. I am only five minutes into the video and seeing these pics looks like back then and just think what people in the past with a disability and doctors and so Never knowing why amd testing on them. I know this is just out there without hearing the whole documentary but we grew and why it's because probably people back then had to go through lots trapped inside a body that couldn't communicate to us as they wanted. 😢

great video ! powerful message. thanks

I have a developmental disability and a learning disability

@ohmeowzer1

7 жыл бұрын

Jessica Naramor hugs sweetie

@jessicasuzanne___

7 жыл бұрын

Beth g Thank you

@coryshelby730

5 жыл бұрын

so?

@Manny-117

3 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely amazing!

Thanks for the video!! Thanks for sharing the inspirational story. Everyone has a right to live on their own terms and I appreciate such communities which provide support for people with developmental disabilities: www.sunshine.org

Everyday I feel blessed to have what I have. I'm legally blind. I also grappled with ADHD and borderline ASD when I was growing up. The doctors told my parents to put me in a home. I was in some pretty rough living situations and financial situations where I've wounded up unemployed and homeless when I was in my 20's back in the 1990's. Even though I've been homeless, you still couldn't pay me to live in one of those places for life. It's like being sentenced to life in prison. I don't know which one is worse; living on the streets homeless or being locked up in one those places where you're treated like an animal. Neither one is a good situation. I finished high school and got my Associate's Degree and Bachelor's Degree and served in the Peace Corps for 2 and 1/2 years. Hope to finish my Master's Degree. I currently work full-time as a nursing assistant / home health aide at a senior care facility and own a home and pay my taxes like everybody else. I want the same for the blind and visually impaired community and other disabilities.

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

Wow Holly, you are a survivor! So glad you did not give up. This world needs ppl like you. God bless you 😇🙏🏼💖

So it was like county jail got it. So sad. Glad they all got out and are doing good.

It was amazing to See Bradley Cooper

they should hire every body

This is just inhumane how you can treat someone like this, simply because theyre different. Not much different from how mental patients have been treated in the past, and still is. I suppose its hard for a lot of people to accept differences...

@SaraHouck461

6 жыл бұрын

IKR? A disability definitely should not interfere with the size of the person’s heart!

Yes a person 🗣️😝👩👏

Disability learning

wow those are some strong genes in the Dobitz family that just startled me in a good way lol that family pic they all look identical from the nose/cheeks up... that institution, omg that is so heart breaking.... some of those people 40-50 years locked up in there? ughhhhhh :( there should have been some huge lawsuit and these people should be living and doing whatever they want and living like millionaires after everything they have been through

Yes I'm a person

I wonder, with the highest per capita in ND, were these local people or did the institutions take in people from all over the US? Was it an income generator?

@RareBloodyWolf

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's mainly ND related people because it was closest for people to bring family members there. There's a lot of hospitals similar to this in every state. I'm so proud to work with Open Door Center and have worked with the one gentleman in this movie. Sam is such a fun guy. North Dakota has definitely grown!

I have Williams syndrome.

I don't get it. Did anyone ever claim them not to be persons?

Special Needs Educable Mentally Challenge ! Church ofGod Christian ! that just loves Yell. Video!👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏⛪⛪⛪

i got bored so i taped i Am A PerSoN

@manueladarazsdi9675

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, you have matured in the last 5 years

@omicronlyrae6228

4 жыл бұрын

@@manueladarazsdi9675 Oof, we got a big boy with his big boy pants on here

@Manny-117

3 жыл бұрын

@@omicronlyrae6228 shut your bitchass up

This video is so down

Where are the parents to sll these kids ?? You can't just give uo on your own children. No mayter how hard it gets

those stats are not totally acuarate, texas NY and cali were the biggest instittion states and texas and cali still is!

@louiselaplante9360

8 жыл бұрын

+Shannonbarnesdr1 Yes that is true but North Dakota had the most PER CAPITA people institutionalized and ND is a very small state.

@Shannonbarnesdr1

8 жыл бұрын

+Louise la Plante ooh yes that is true, poplation wise its small, like vermont is i lived thre for 7 years....it sucked lol. the views and treatment of the disabled in vermont is still in 60s and 70s, they tout community inclusion but folks are NOT INCLUDED by a long shot, theyare in the same space as othercomunity folks but are not engaged WITH community,they do one toone things with caregivers, and the clients are very much infantilized, and gardians have god status, and they do not promote or practice ageappropriate or presume competence ;-(...only on paper does vermont look good, not so much in practice

So, who pays for these "community" services.

@ropongi1008

3 жыл бұрын

@Thora Friganza exactly, we (the tax payers) pay for it. I shouldn't have to pay for anyone's living expenses or community services to help people support themselves.

@Manny-117

3 жыл бұрын

@@ropongi1008 human trash

@ropongi1008

3 жыл бұрын

@R R What are you talking about, it's a fair point.

@ropongi1008

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manny-117 your human trash. To hell with your socialism.

@winterlite3243

2 жыл бұрын

We the ppl (tax payers) pay for services. For anyone who thinks helping those members of our community who are less able than ourselves is a waste of resources - REMEMBER - None of us comes with a GUARANTEE that nothing tragic will ever befall us (or our children). Best pray you never need assistance…