[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl

Mon May 21 14:48:43 UTC 2012

I've heard of this and have signed this petition.
I was extremely angry to learn of this!
Michelle

On 5/21/12, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Good morning everyone,
>
>     I'm originally from Massachusetts and am troubled to learn that if
> indeed this is true a place like this still exists. There was an outfit
> located in Jamaica Plane called the Boston Center for Blind Children which
> although they didn't use electric shock to punish students they used many
> other harsh methods such as holding someone in a take-down by lying them on
> their stomachs, pulling their hands behind their backs and sitting on them
> for what seemed like hours at a time. I know because it happened to me for
> three long years. Other harsh and abusive methods were used on occasion as
> well. If the JRC is the successor to the Boston Center For Blind Children
> it's a shame that this place is still in business. They should have been
> convicted of child abuse/endangerment and shut down many years ago.
>
>     This is all the more the reason to establish strong NOPBC Affiliates in
> all 50 states including Massachusetts. It's better to have a national
> network of parents of blind children to set the standards for how blind kids
> are educated, and to serve as a "Watch-dog" to ensure that outfits like the
> BCBC and the JRC are put out of business so they will never harm another
> blind child!
>
>     While I would like to believe that this is not true as one who
> personally experienced such abusive treatment by so-called schools for the
> blind in Massachusetts it doesn't surprise me that an outfit like this
> exists.
>
> Peter Donahue who hopes and prays that there will soon be an affiliate of
> the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children in Massachusetts to
> truly create a future full of possibilities for blind kids in the Bay State.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:26 AM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
>
>
> 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
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>
>
> 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
>
>
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>                   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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