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If Those Walls Could Talk...

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This video documents the experiences, impressions and memories of people with an intellectual disability and their families associated with the former Rydalmere Hospital in Sydney, NSW (Rydalmere Hospital was a very large psychiatric hospital which opened in 1888, housing people with intellectual disability as well as psychiatric disability). It is a story of people rejected by society,and acts as a powerful reminder that there is no place for institutions in a just society. Keyword: Families, Social Role Valorisation

Author
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Source
Western Sydney Intellectual Disability Support Group
Publisher
WSIDSG
Publication Date
1 September 1999
Category
Professionals
Keywords
Social Role Valorisation, Families
Origin
Australia

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