Google “Pennhurst.”
I've worked in group homes with people who came out state hospitals who had been placed as children, under doctor's orders, because of intellectual disabilities.
The documented abuse they suffered was heartbreaking.
The documented abuse they suffered was heartbreaking.
Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.
April 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Google “Pennhurst.”
Fun times at Pennhurst Asylum
October 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Fun times at Pennhurst Asylum
"Pennhurst" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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December 8, 2024 at 1:24 AM
"Pennhurst" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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HEY FURRIES!
Help stop the -Historic Pennhurst Asylum- from being BULLDOZED for an AI DATA CENTER! This location is ground zero for Disability Rights, and most souls lost here, still rest in unmarked graves.
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Help stop the -Historic Pennhurst Asylum- from being BULLDOZED for an AI DATA CENTER! This location is ground zero for Disability Rights, and most souls lost here, still rest in unmarked graves.
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Protect Pennhurst from Data Center Development
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February 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
HEY FURRIES!
Help stop the -Historic Pennhurst Asylum- from being BULLDOZED for an AI DATA CENTER! This location is ground zero for Disability Rights, and most souls lost here, still rest in unmarked graves.
Please signal boost!
www.change.org/p/protect-pe...
Help stop the -Historic Pennhurst Asylum- from being BULLDOZED for an AI DATA CENTER! This location is ground zero for Disability Rights, and most souls lost here, still rest in unmarked graves.
Please signal boost!
www.change.org/p/protect-pe...
December 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
"They Live We Sleep" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital
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December 6, 2024 at 9:40 PM
"They Live We Sleep" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital
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"Roommates" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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December 7, 2024 at 2:59 PM
"Roommates" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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"M1" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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December 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM
"M1" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania
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December 3, 2024 at 11:22 PM
December 29, 2024 at 11:10 AM
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM
"Infirmary" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital
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December 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
"Infirmary" - Pennhurst State School and Hospital
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Pennhurst shenanigans ronance as the Barbie and Ken trend
September 8, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Pennhurst shenanigans ronance as the Barbie and Ken trend
Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we recognize the filing of Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital in 1974.
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#HaldermanVPennhurst #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Pennhurst #Pennsylvania #asylum #accessibility #history #DisHist #EduSky #law #LegalHistory #a11y
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#HaldermanVPennhurst #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Pennhurst #Pennsylvania #asylum #accessibility #history #DisHist #EduSky #law #LegalHistory #a11y
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we recognize the filing of Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital in 1974.
Listen & read transcript
#HaldermanVPennhurst #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Pennhurst #Pennsylvania #asylum #accessibility #history #DisHist #EduSky #law #LegalHistory #a11y
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#HaldermanVPennhurst #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Pennhurst #Pennsylvania #asylum #accessibility #history #DisHist #EduSky #law #LegalHistory #a11y
Beautiful day at Pennhurst Asylum for Paracon 2025. Got to see Ghost Brothers and Project Fear. Can't wait for tomorrow!
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May 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beautiful day at Pennhurst Asylum for Paracon 2025. Got to see Ghost Brothers and Project Fear. Can't wait for tomorrow!
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A plan to turn the old Pennhurst State School and Hospital grounds in East Vincent Township, Chester County, into a data center has drawn strong opposition from residents.
Plan to turn Pennhurst site into massive data center outrages neighbors
The pushback comes as both President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro champion data center development.
www.inquirer.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A plan to turn the old Pennhurst State School and Hospital grounds in East Vincent Township, Chester County, into a data center has drawn strong opposition from residents.
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The funding freeze violates the Appropriations Clause, federalism principles like the Pennhurst clear statement rule, federal regulations governing grant administration, the substantive terms of many grant statutes and agreements, and (likely) grant recipients' due process rights.
January 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The funding freeze violates the Appropriations Clause, federalism principles like the Pennhurst clear statement rule, federal regulations governing grant administration, the substantive terms of many grant statutes and agreements, and (likely) grant recipients' due process rights.
The township is scheduled to hold a hearing for the project in March.
Township should deny data center project proposed for Pennhurst, planning commissioners say
www.inquirer.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The township is scheduled to hold a hearing for the project in March.
Turning a haunted building into a data center? There’s gonna be ghosts in the machine? vista.today/2025/09/form...
Former Pennhurst Site in East Vincent Considered for Data Center, Plant Development
East Vincent Township is looking at the potential for the former Pennhurst State Hospital property to be developed as a data center or plant.
vista.today
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Turning a haunted building into a data center? There’s gonna be ghosts in the machine? vista.today/2025/09/form...