[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Constance Canode
satin-bear at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 21 15:57:32 UTC 2012
The real question is how can anyone in their
right mind abuse any child, blind, sighted or
otherwise. They should be imprisoned. It is just reprehensible.
At 10:50 AM 5/21/2012, you wrote:
>Well well well, I just cannot believe this!!! I
>just can't figure in my mind how someone could
>abuse blind kids. Then again, I shouldn't be
>one to talk; considering the fact that I was
>almost strangled to death in my dormitory
>room. Were it not for a cousin who was living
>in Baton Rouge at the time and who took me in, I
>would most likely have had to move to another
>state and gone to another blind school and
>goodness knows what all might have happened then.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
>Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
>Skype name:
>barefootedray
>
>Facebook:
>facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>
>
>
>On May 21, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Gloria Whipple wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > When my twin brother and I were attending the
> state school for the blind in Vancouver, My
> brother and other needy children were tied to
> hot radiators by one of the house parents.
> >
> > One of our fellow students got into a lot of trouble freeing them.
> >
> > Sorry for rambling on, but this kind of stuff angers me!
> >
> > Gloria Whipple
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 07:42
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Cc: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
> >
> > 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
> >
> > This email was sent by Change.org to flmom2006 at gmail.com |
> > Start a petition
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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