[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl

[Sherri]

I am passing this along in hopes that all will sign. This is just 
unbelievable. Even my County Disability Coordinator shared this. Thanks.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:06 PM
Subject: FW: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl


Sharing………………..this video can be very compelling for those familiar with 
electric shocking of disabled students in past years.



…Samme



From: Sherri [mailto:flmom2006 at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 6:00 PM
To: Ripley, Samme
Subject: Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl



Do you know anything about this? This is outrageous if it's true!



Sherri

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Jon Perri, Change.org

To: flmom2006 at gmail.com

Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 4:39 PM

Subject: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl







                  VIDEO: Special needs student electroshocked. Tell his 
Massachusetts school to stop using electroshock devices on children.



                  Sign Gregory's Petition



            Sherri -

            In 2002, a special needs student named Andre McCollins was 
allegedly strapped down and electrocuted for hours, leaving him with 
permanent brain damage, all because he refused to take off his jacket. The 
people torturing Andre were officials at his school. You can watch what 
happened on video.

            The video was shot at a Massachusetts school for special needs 
kids called the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC). Gregory Miller used to be a 
teacher there, and he says electrocuting kids as punishment is extremely 
common -- even for minor offenses like raising your hand to go to the 
bathroom.

            "A non-verbal, nearly blind girl with cerebral palsy was shocked 
for attempts to hold a staff member's hand -- her attempts to communicate 
and to be loved," Gregory says.

            Gregory desperately wants to help the kids at the JRC - that's 
why he started a petition on Change.org demanding that the JRC stop using 
electroshock to punish kids. Click here to add your name.

            Gregory says the JRC's founder created electroshock devices 
which are even stronger than police stun guns to punish students for bad 
behavior. An official at the United Nations said that using these devices on 
children is considered torture.

            According to the Boston Globe, the JRC’s founder resigned after 
being charged with misleading a grand jury by destroying video footage of 
other students being shocked.

            Gregory believes that if thousands of people sign his petition, 
his former bosses will capitulate in the intense pressure generated by a 
national spotlight.

            Click here to sign Gregory's petition demanding that the JRC 
immediately cease its practice of punishing special needs kids with 
electroshock devices.

            Thanks for being a change-maker,

            - Jon and the Change.org team

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