"Where's Molly?", A Story About Institutionalization Of People With DD

I've heard that there are quite a few former Fairview employees living in the Portland area. It would be interesting to hear from people that worked at the facility while it was open. If you can't make it to the video showing, maybe you can share your experiences here. The DD community is so rarely discussed on IMC and it is so important to understand the struggles of others, that I would love to hear first hand accounts from both former employees and/or former inmates.
Thanks for showing this video and opening up this dialogue.

I AM PUBLISHING THIS IN 'CONTRIBUTE TO ARTICLE' BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MISTAKE THAT AS THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT EXIST ON THE ARTICLE.
actually one of the biggest issues with molly, fairview and such settings was/ is the disconnect between family members. Whenever family loses connection with each other, and one of them is disabled or unable to advocate for themselves, they often become victims.
but you see it is still happening. When DD individuals are taken over by a custodian or guardian who doesn't let family members visit, etc. When the State caseworkers or county services refuse to let family know what's happening with their child or loved one. You see there is something called "confidentiality" that is touted as "protecting the client" however, it can't do that when it means the interested family members have no information about their loved one. Not even , are they still alive? are they ok? are they sick? are they being treated well, can we visit and where are they?
Family cares about its own far better than nonfamily, in most cases. It serves no good to REFUSE to talk about the vulnerable individual's circumstances, with those who can help or who might make a difference. In fact, it ends up killing probably more than it could ever help. Confidentiality in this case, is a death sentence and a means of isolating the DD person from needed support, and covering up whatever's happening. It's a fake excuse for them to just treat them as numbers and not have to deal with the ones who care, who might not like the conditions of their loved one's life. It might interfere with agency body counts for program funding, who knows why they want this secrecy and silencing of truth about the disabled.
how do i know? my own daughter , a beautiful and sweet DD individual, died in such a circumstane, and NOT in Fairview, she never lived there. Nothing has changed, it only happened about 2 years ago.
THE DD POPULATION MAY NOT BE IN FAIRVIEW, BUT THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THOSE WHO LOVE THEM IN MANY CASES ANYWAY. Into the gulag that is Oregon's system and the legal guardianships where no one can find them or visit them but their exploitative captors.
One of the biggest obstacles to proper handling of these many many cases is the fact that things are decided in court systems, and the poor but able family members have no money for attorneys. Legal Aid is not helpful and in my experience, neither is the Advocacy Center. SO THE DD ADULTS JUST DISAPPEAR.