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Survivors 1950-1980

Longtermsurvivor 1
Longtermsurvivor 1 CSN Member Posts: 138 Member
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“For survivors treated in the 1950s–1980s, do you feel like the federal agencies that ‘cured’ you eventually abandoned you? Many survivors describe it as institutional abandonment — the cure was documented, but the lifelong cost was never budgeted for. What has your experience been?”

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