Transition for the Developmentally Disabled

After Decades in Institutions, a Bumpy Journey to a New Life  by Rachel L. Swarns.  The New York Times.  September 30 2012.

In response to Justice Department pressure, states are integrating the developmentally disabled into society.  The Department's view is that these individuals are needlessly segregated from society in public hospitals, nursing homes, and day programs.  Georgia has been, as a result, releasing hundreds of back into society mostly into small group homes with up to 4 residents.  This article traces the family and personal transitions of one developmentally disabled resident of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA.  which is now mostly empty after housing up to 13,000 patients in the 1950's.