[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sat May 26 01:42:50 UTC 2012
I agree, Connie!
Chris Nusbaum
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7
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----- Original Message -----
From: Constance Canode <satin-bear at sbcglobal.net
To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
sent: Mon, 21 May 2012 10:57:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
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:
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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
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