Maria Mombille and J.J. Hanley on "Refrigerator Mothers"

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J.J. Hanley produced a film called “Refrigerator Mothers.”  This was the label wrongly applied to mothers who were falsely believed to have caused their children’s autism. Maria Mombille was such a mother. She tells Jim Fleming her story, which is hauntingly echoed by J.J. Hanley