Indiana Disability History

Title

Sue Gant - Planning for the Closure of Muscatatuck State Developmental Center

Subject

Deinstitutionalization

Government Services

Institutions

Description

Dr. Sue Gant has 40 plus years of working in the disability field. As an expert with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation, Dr. Gant spent the late 1990s through 2008 in Indiana assisting with the closure of New Castle State Developmental Center and Muscatatuck State Developmental Center. In this clip, she discusses her involvement in developing a plan for deinstitutionalization.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Contributor

Sue Gant, Ph.D. - interviewee

Jennie Todd - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

Rights

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

111-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

111-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Sue Gant - Planning for the Closure of Muscatatuck State Developmental Center" YouTube video, 00:06:09, interview excerpt 111-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on May 17, 2018, https://youtu.be/LcqVpq5hB0g

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Jennings County, Butlerville

Temporal Coverage

1998-2008