[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl

Tue May 22 01:14:32 UTC 2012

None the less, it's wrong, whatever name it goes by.

As the Justice System says:
res ipsa lou couture.
IRE: If it looks like it, acts like it and smells like it then it's it.

On 5/21/12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> Frankly, some of the abusive situations of which Pete and others wrote are
> regrettably true. Note Dr. jernigan's experiences in "Why I'm a
> Federationist". However, the title of the article is enough to make me
> question a good bit about this story. "Electrocutes"? Really? Electrocution
> is what happened to Bruno Richard Hauptmann for killing Charles Lindberg's
> baby. I don't recall hearing of a blind girl murdered in Massachusetts
> recently. Whatever we think of electroshock therapy, let's get our wording
> straight. Imprecise speaking leads to imprecise thinking!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:40 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
>
> Ray,
> The unfortunate part of this whether true or not, is that children are
> vulnerable, and even more so, children with disabilities even more
> vulnerable.  There are way too many cases where children are restrained,
> abused, neglected or punished in cruel and unusal ways.  If this story is
> indeed true, lets hope that Mass Department of Human Services along with
> the
> NFB can intervene.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:51 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
>
> 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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