Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Did anyone else see the expose on Geraldo about Texas and the way our state treats the mentally disabled? He highlighted a story of a boy (now a young man?) whose Mom put him in the Denton State School for the purpose of him gaining skills to live in the world. The videos they showed of him before the violent assault he received by a caregiver, and the comments of the mother about his behaviors before, lead me to believe he has autism. He is now totally disabled and suffered severe brain damage. Though the perpetrator is in prison, in an interview he stated that most of the attendants do the same thing. They beat and abuse the residents. Geraldo said we are the worst state for the mentally disabled and put money into these evil institutions. The family has not received adequate compensation and though the state told the media when this happened they would help the family they haven't done so. If anything can be done to stop the abuse of those with mental disabilities and advocate for this family it should be us who have so much at stake with the issue. I tried to find a transcript of the footage but wasn't able to get it. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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