[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sat May 26 01:27:30 UTC 2012
Peter,
Sounds a lot like the teacher at the Tennessee School for the
Blind who Dr. Jernigan helped to expose and fire. See "Why I am
a Federationist."
Chris Nusbaum
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
sent: Mon, 21 May 2012 10:06:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
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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