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1. Explain Molly's disability. Molly was slightly mental handicapped when she was first institutionalized. Her disability regressed overtime. When Molly got out of the institution nearly 50 years later she was unable to speak and she couldn’t walk. People would say that Molly became institutionally mentally handicapped. 2. Explain the institutionalization process Molly underwent to end up in the State School. Molly’s parents acted on what the doctors told them they should do with Molly. The doctors said that should take Molly to the State School in Salem. So, one day Molly’s aunt and uncle came to visit and they took Molly back with them. Jeff would ask what happened to her and his parents wouldn’t give him an answer. 3. Explain the impact of having a child with a disability on her mother. …show more content…

She would just completely ignore the fact that Molly was even her daughter. Molly’s brother Jeff would constantly ask where Molly was and her mother would ways just ignore the question or just tell him gone. 4. Explain the impact of having a child with a disability on her dad. Molly’s father followed the mother’s wishes to not talk about Molly. At the end of the movie we find out that he would go and visit Molly once a month, until the caregivers there told him it was too emotional when he would leave. He quit coming to visit her for a while until he came up with a way to go and see Molly so they wouldn’t know it was her father. He started a groups of clowns who would perform in the area and they would make a side trip to go and visit Molly and the other children. When he visited as a clown he was able to bring joy and laughter to Molly. 5. Explain the impact of Molly's disability and institutionalization on her brother

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