[Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Mon May 28 14:07:15 UTC 2012
Well, it's a good thing for the Texas agencies that this practice
isn't going on in Texas, as we're having our national convention
in Dallas this year! I'm sure that if the leaders of the NFB knew
about such treatment going on in Texas, we'd be having a
demonstration at the offending agency's headquarters similar to
the one we had at the Minneapolis Society for the Blind in 1980.
I know, I'm writing as if I was there, when in fact I wasn't even
born at the time! * Smile! It's all in Walking Alone and Marching
Together!
As for MA and WA state, it might be a good idea to contact the
President of those states' respective NFB affiliates and see if
they know anything. I know the president of our WA affiliate is
on this list (Mike Freeman,) so I wonder, Mike, if you know
anything about similar practices happening in WA? I'm not sure
who the President of the MA affiliate is, but I think someone who
knows something about this should contact him/her. I think the
leaders of the NFB should at least know about this, if it is true
that this electrocution crap is going on at the JRC in Boston.
Chris Nusbaum
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7
Sent from my BrailleNote
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
sent: Sun, 27 May 2012 22:20:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
Hello Judy and everyone,
I've wondered the same thing. Perhaps you could research
Washington
State to see if this practice is going on there. I've not heard
of this crap
going on in Texas.
Another thing that is sad about this is that Massachusetts is
viewed as
having some of the most "Progressive" agencies for the blind and
disabled in
the country. For the blind it's Perkins and the Carol Center.
The
Massachusetts Hospital School serves wheelchair-bound
individuals. The
Boston School for the Deaf, and the Cardinal Cushing Center for
the Mentally
Retarded are other examples of agencies revered as models for
rendering
services and educating children and adults with disabilities.
It's a shame
that rat holes like the JRC exist in the state of my birth.
I'm always asked if I'd ever consider moving back to
Massachusetts. I
answer the way Charlie Pride does in one of his songs "I Wonder
Could I live
There Any More." Pride sings about life in a typical country home
emphasizing the niceties of country living but beneath these
lyrics is the
truth that it was a very hard way of life. Charlie Pride's
family were
sharecroppers in Mississippi. Sharecroppers barely made enough
to put food
on the table and keep a roof over their heads. Add to that the
fact that
they lived in the rural south in the 1930s when racism and
bigotry were the
norm for African Americans living there. If you mind his
question carefully
you'd understand why he really didn't miss living there.
So it is for me. I have many fond memories of New England
and growing up
in Massachusetts and thinking of the many good times we had.
However I
cannot forget the problems created for my family by special
education
officials and eeven some of the blind population in that state.
Life really
began for me on the night of September 4, 1981 when I borded a
Brannif
L-1011 Tri Star for a one-way flight to Texas where I now live.
Since those
days I feel I've succeeded beyond my wildest imagination and am
greatful for
the opportunity to have been able to begin life a new. I doubt
seriously
that I would be doing half of what I've accomplished for myself
had I stayed
in Massachusetts hence I feel the ssame way Charlie Pride does
concerning
living back in rural Mississippi. It's a nice place to visit but
I wouldn't
want to liv there any more particularly in light of the
disturbing
information that was shared with us this past week. All the
best.
Peter Donahue
Original Message -----
From: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: Mass. school electrocutes blind girl
This is terrible. It sounds like one of those institutions out
of the David
Copperfield era. The scary thought is: if this school has been
exposed,
are there other institutions/schools yet to be uncovered for the
same
practices?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:26 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
Unsubscribe. Edit your email notification settings.
PLEASE NOTE: Florida has a very broad public records law (F. S.
119).
All e-mails to and from County Officials are kept as a public
record.
Your e-mail communications, including your e-mail address may be
disclosed to the public and media at any time.
_______________________________________________
blindtlk mailing list
blindtlk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account
info for
blindtlk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/jtj1%40cabl
eone.net
_______________________________________________
blindtlk mailing list
blindtlk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
for
blindtlk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/pdonahue2%4
0satx.rr.com
_______________________________________________
blindtlk mailing list
blindtlk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
for blindtlk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/dotkid.nusb
aum%40gmail.com
More information about the BlindTlk
mailing list