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New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part Six
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part Five
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part Four
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part Three
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part Two
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
New Castle State Developmental Center Investigation WISH-TV8 - Part One
In 1997, WISH-TV secretly filmed resident abuse by employees inside New Castle State Developmental Center in New Castle, Indiana. The impact of making the disturbing, hidden camera footage public was the closure of the Center in 1998. Channel 8, the…
Aerial View of the State House from the Southeast Includes a View of the Grounds, 1931
This 1931 black and white photograph shows an aerial view of the Indiana State Capitol building in Indianapolis. Credit: Bass Photo Co Collection, Indiana Historical Society.
Collection P0130; Folder B15:F9; Negative…
"Blind Asylum"
!["Blind Asylum"](https://indianadisabilityhistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/2f0b924473f676781313af62fe4aded0.jpg ""Blind Asylum"")
This black and white photograph shows a view of the Indiana State School for the Blind, now known as the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The institution was established in 1847. The building on North Street in Indianapolis was…
President George H.W. Bush Signing the Americans with Disabilities Act
This photograph shows President George H. W. Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. With him on the South Lawn of the White House are (from left to right, sitting) Evan Kemp, Chairman of the Equal Employment…
Indiana Summary from the Report Voices of Freedom: America Speaks Out on the ADA
This document is an excerpt from the National Council on Disability (NCD)’s July 26, 1995 Report to the President and Congress, "Voices of Freedom: America Speaks Out on the ADA" (Americans with Disabilities Act). The excerpt is the summary of the…