[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl

[Chris Nusbaum]

Wow!! I sincerely hope and pray that this is not true, but if it 
is, this is very wrong, and I believe that all blind people 
should sign this petition! As a matter of fact, to me, this isn't 
really a blindness issue; it is an issue of child abuse! Isn't 
child abuse a criminal offense? I wonder, assuming this is true, 
how in the world this school got away with this sort of treatment 
legally? Some kind of loophole, I assume.

Chris Nusbaum

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;
 sent: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:26:12 -0400
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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