Tag Archives: day school
Memories of Michael: Getting Ready to Go Home (1992)
Memories of Michael: Mike at School, Getting Upset (1992)
I used to visit Mike at his Day School. He loved his slinky. Sometimes he would get upset, though.
At School – Mike in Classroom with Slinky (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
At School – Activities of Daily Living and Marvin (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
At School – Mike Expressing Himself (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
At School – Getting Ready to Go Home (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
My First Visit to See Mike at School (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
At School – Mike in his Classroom (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
Next Section – Mike at School (from ‘My Brother Michael’)
Mike spent many years at Willowbrook, a large mental institution that stood for many years in Staten Island, NY, USA. It was a warehouse, and was described by Robert F. Kennedy as a ‘snake pit’. Mike was in the class of Willowbrook patients that was gradually re-housed in group homes throughout the state. I was […]