Below is the link to a New York Times article about the closing ceremony of the Willowbrook State School. The Institution was closed in 1987, but all its residents were not placed into group homes until 1992. Read below for more details.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4D71E3EF931A25750C0A965958260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1
Click on the link below to watch a short video clip from Geraldo Rivera's film--The Unforgotten. It will undoubtedly move you.
http://www.drckansas.org/video/30thAniv/segment2.wmv
