Sue Beecher - Admitting Children to Institutions

Sue Beecher - Admitting Children to Institutions

Institutions

Family

“In terms of children being admitted, I assisted with some admissions of children. I’m not proud of that,” states Sue Beecher. In the late 1970s, Sue worked in the outpatient clinic at New Castle State Hospital and assisted with placing children with disabilities into the institution. Sue says, “ A lot the folks came from the rural areas and parents didn’t have a lot of cash flow to be able to say hire somebody to help take care.” Sue shares experiences with the children she remembers being admitted at New Castle, Indiana. Later known as New Castle State Development Center, it closed in 1998. She was interviewed in 2013.

Indiana Disability History Project

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

2013-01-11

Sue Beecher - interviewee

Jennie Todd - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

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English

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"Sue Beecher - "Admitting Children to Institutions'" YouTube video, 00:03:13, interview excerpt 007-mi-03 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on October 15, 2020, https://youtu.be/GikGrvYxMt8

Indiana, Henry County, New Castle

1970s - 1980s