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Professor Carl Elliott’s new book The Occasional Human Sacrifice, is about whistleblowers in medicine. In this episode, we discuss the whistleblowers at Willowbrook, a residential institution for autistic and developmentally disabled people that was exposed for human rights abuses in 1972. We also talk about the experience of being a whistleblower and its impact on mental health, as well as strategies for reporters and whistleblowers.
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Cw for institution survivors: Abuses in residential institutions discussed at 5:30-11:05 and 32:45-37:03
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Former residents of Willowbrook recall its horrors as fight for disability rights continues. Times Union. March 27, 2023.
Willowbrook State School. Wikipedia.
Stop the Shock at Judge Rotenberg Center: Action Alerts. Autistic Self Advocacy Network (US).
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Professor Carl Elliott’s new book The Occasional Human Sacrifice, is about whistleblowers in medicine. In this episode, we discuss the whistleblowers at Willowbrook, a residential institution for autistic and developmentally disabled people that was exposed for human rights abuses in 1972. We also talk about the experience of being a whistleblower and its impact on mental health, as well as strategies for reporters and whistleblowers.
Listen to the podcast by playing the audio file below, or on streaming sites like Spotify, ApplePodcasts, Pandora, etc
Read the transcript, below the audio.
Cw for institution survivors: Abuses in residential institutions discussed at 5:30-11:05 and 32:45-37:03
Bio
Resources
Former residents of Willowbrook recall its horrors as fight for disability rights continues. Times Union. March 27, 2023.
Willowbrook State School. Wikipedia.
Stop the Shock at Judge Rotenberg Center: Action Alerts. Autistic Self Advocacy Network (US).