[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Michelle Medina
michellem86 at gmail.com
Mon May 21 16:37:39 UTC 2012
Amen Constance!!!
On 5/21/12, Constance Canode <satin-bear at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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