"This aide come took me down the stairs and ripped my dress and they treat me like a wild animal. If you don’t get up at roll call they put you in the other bed until you get up. They treat you like a crazy person."

Vanessa Munsey as a young girl was sent to a foster home, and from there ended up in Pineland, Maine’s large institution for people with developmental disabilities – but her story didn’t end there.

Find a full transcript of this podcast here: https://maineddc.org/transcript-vanessa-munsey