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Policy for mentally ill people

Description: Valerie Fletcher, director of Alliance for Mentally Ill, is concerned about placement and treatment of mentally ill persons under the policies of the Weld administration.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/11/1991

Potential group home in Roxbury

Description: Resident of Garrison Trotter section of Roxbury is unhappy that nearby vacant house owned by city may become group home for mentally ill. City official says no class can be excluded by local objection.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/11/1991

Retarded workers at Colgate-Hoyt

Description: Retarded workers in assembly line jobs, packing toothbrushes at Colgate-Hoyt plant in Canton. Supervisors speak highly of the reliability of these employees, despite lower productivity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1988

Rollins School in Lawrence

Description: Rollins School is example of overburdened educational system in Lawrence. Interview with the principal of the school on all of the repairs that need to be made. The student population has dramatically increased without any changes to the building. Interview with mayor Kevin Sullivan on the dilemma of serving growing population. He talks about local aid provided by the state. Special needs classroom scenes. Following the edited story is b-roll of classrooms and school building, including Mayor Sullivan in front of the class talking to students.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1990

Rubie Rogers

Description: Rubie Rogers interview, Mental Health Rights, Hallucinogenic Drugs, State Hospital exteriors, Haldol, Haloperidol.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1982

Sheltered workshop

Description: Mentally retarded adults in sheltered workshop in Webster packaging plastic utensils. Interview with Al Gaulin, director of South Worcester County Rehabilitation Center. Explains multiply handicapped client services; evaluation, occupational placement.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1977

Special Olympians

Description: Mentally retarded athletes practice before participating in winter Special Olympics.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/30/1989

Special needs day care

Description: Sullivan Day Care Center in Tewksbury mainstreams special needs children with normal children. They all get along fine. "Light talker." Cerebral palsy. Classroom.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/06/1988

Suit against mental health department

Description: Mental health advocates sue state for confining mentally retarded people in Metropolitan and Taunton State Hospitals. Commissioner Henry Tomes says state lacks funds for group homes.b-roll of hospitals
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/24/1990

The Boys Next Door

Description: "The Boys Next Door" - humorous play about mentally retarded men living in a group home. Visit to a community residence.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/04/1989