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  • Watch Online / i go home (TV Movie 2016)



    Desc: i go home: Directed by Keira McGuire. Imagine living somewhere you didn't choose. Being told you can't love - or leave. For decades that was reality for people with intellectual disability. For years, children with intellectual disability were not allowed in public schools. Parents were told to send their children with intellectual disability away to institutions - that it was best for the child, the family and the community. It was not until the late 1960s that a television expose shed light on what was happening inside the walls of institutions. It was that knowledge that fueled parents and the public to ignite change. It's a history that must be remembered... a story that must be told. "i go home," a one-hour original documentary on the history of people with intellectual disability tells that story. Watch as those involved in the disability rights movement share their personal histories, memories and hopes for the future. Produced by WITF Public Media of Central Pennsylvania, "i go home" focuses on Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, to examine the struggles and triumphs for people with intellectual disability from the early 19th century to the present day - a struggle that continues.