People First: In the shadow of Fairview
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2020
- More than forty years ago, a small group of Oregon teenagers with developmental disabilities helped launch a global self-advocacy movement. Together they formed the organization People First, drawing over 500 attendees to the group’s inaugural meeting.
That 1974 conference is generally thought to be the beginning of the developmental disabilities self-advocacy movement. Today, People First is an international organization dedicated to supporting all people with disabilities in over 40 countries.
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My mom was a laundry worker at Fairview , I used to hangout there as a kid while she worked . I remember a parade everyone did for I think Halloween or something and one of the guys there with Downs syndrome was a gorrila in a cage .....He took that role seriously and scared the crap out of me as he thrashed about LOL 😂
I always liked the folks with disabilities there's no reason to not face our issues we have or name them ....such is life, it makes us who we are.
I work for a company that took in many folks from Fairview as early as the 60s
Love this. But the lack of financial supports on the outside is criminal.
i was labeled a multitude of disabilites by the healthcare professionals i am currently working for the international criminal court i got my political science degree from the same university that produced a former prime minister i am a published writer state winner of geography bee in 2004 i can speak arabic chinese english french russian spanish portuguese afrikaans xhosa zulu then id id my masters in international human rights law in queens university belfast
This is beautiful
God where are these people I would love to become friends with them because I'm mentally disable my self and lonely because regular people are hateful towards me.
My 1st 6 weeks of life on this planet were at the Fairview home. My mother was put there because they thought she was promiscuous. She told me many horror stories before she died of how they would punish people there.
They are hateful because they are ignorant
It seems mostly like women. So here comes out the silent beautiful GIANTS. But GIANTS they are.