institutionalization

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It is, in essence, an institutionalization of the heckler’s veto, in which a single parent — or any individual, really — can remove hundreds of books or shut down lessons on the basis of the political discomfort they feel.

From Seattle Times

Volkova, who has a disability herself, opposes the institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities.

From Washington Post

To get away from institutionalization, the state moved gravely ill people out of hospitals.

From Seattle Times

The family, Claire confessed, had invented the fiction of Clara’s death in childbirth to cover up the truth of her institutionalization.

From Washington Post

Without a strong community-based system that supports individuals where they live, there is no way to avoid unnecessary and prolonged institutionalization.

From Washington Post