DescriptionIn Session 2, Ruth Torrence talks about helping establish a group home in Sydney, MT, raising a hyperactive child, working with her husband to balance kids, jobs, and civic activities, outside attempts to institutionalize her son with Downs, and creating a community of support in Sydney for parents of children with disabilities while dealing with harassment and outside pressures against mainstreaming children with disabilitiesTypeTextCreatorHunley, LaurenGenredocumentsLanguageengDate2023-5-5ContributorInterviewsDisabilitiesInterviews--MontanaSpecial educationPeople with disabilities--Services for--Law and legislationContributing InstitutionWestern Heritage CenterGeographic CoverageBillings, Montana Yellowstone County, MontanaSydney, MontanaRichland County, MontanaDigital CollectionCommunities with Disabilities Oral History ProjectDigital Formatapplication/pdfDigitization SpecificationsDigital word document saved a pdfDate Digitized2023Contact UsFor questions about our oral histories, email us at archives@ywhc.org