institutions

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There is a very good reason why there was a move away from institutionalization, not just for people who experience mental illness but for all people with disabilities who used to be routinely institutionalized. Anyone remember "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"? I agree that tossing people onto the street is not the right solution, but neither is going back to institutionalization. As a person who experienced institional living for 8 years as a child (as a result of physical disability) and as a student of disability studies, I speak from experience. Proper community supports for people who experience disability and their families is what is needed and this is where resources should be allocated - not in warehousing human beings - IMO.