[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl

[Chris Nusbaum]

Wow! It surprises me to hear these sorts of stories from people 
on this list! Again, I ask how all these institutions got away 
with this torture?

Chris Nusbaum

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

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gloria Whipple" <ladygloria at webband.com
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 sent: Mon, 21 May 2012 08:18:38 -0700
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass.  school electrocutes blind girl

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

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