The Story of Different Minds  ·  Winterbourne View

Modern Institutional Abuse

Why abuse did not end with the old asylum system.

The setting changed, but the danger remained.

Simple version

Winterbourne View showed that disabled and autistic people could still be abused in modern care settings.

Why it matters

The risk increases when people are isolated, far from home, not believed or unable to communicate safely.

Awareverse lens

Awareverse treats closed cultures as a safeguarding risk.

Question to ask

When looking at modern institutional abuse, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?

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