Refrigerator Mothers Video

[Guest guest]

60 minute free video.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/refrigerator_mothers/

" It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important

contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to

raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is

diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted

nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a

medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre

behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with

a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label

of her own. She is a " refrigerator mother " .

Refrigerator Mothers paints an intimate portrait of an entire

generation of mothers, already laden with the challenge of raising

profoundly disordered children, who lived for years under the

dehumanizing shadow of professionally promoted " mother blame. "

Once isolated and unheard, these mothers have emerged with strong,

resilient voices to share the details of their personal journeys.

Through their poignant stories, Refrigerator Mothers puts a human face

on what can happen when authority goes unquestioned and humanity is

removed from the search for scientific answers. "