[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Peter Donahue
pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
Mon May 21 15:06:02 UTC 2012
Good morning Michelle and everyone,
Just as a quick follow-on I'm not alone where having experienced such
abuse by outfits of this kind are concerned. If Joanne Jordan is on this
list she also attended the Boston Center for Blind Children and experienced
some of the same treatment and witnessed myself and others being "Punished"
in such a horrendous way. Her mother refused to allow her to stay over night
due to the abuse complaints she heard
about from other students and possibly some parents. She was a trustee on
their board of directors and tried to bring about change for the better but
the administration wouldn't budge.
Many years later I learned that the center's director was fond of the
bottle and sometimes drank while on-the-job. She was terminated in late
1969. As late as 1977 I heard that abusive practices were still going on at
the BCBC. Other Perkins Alumni who had the unfortunate experience to end up
at the center also tell similar stories. this is no urban legend.
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Medina" <michellem86 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
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
>
>
>
> 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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