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Category Archives: Preventing Abuse and Bullying
Abusive and dangerous practices have found their way into some schools, and bullying is a persistent problem that can do significant damage to its victims. Other category archives, along with past entries sorted by date and tag, can be accessed via the sitemap.
Disability Day of Mourning – Remember Lives Taken
Join Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and the National Council on Independent Living in remembering people with disabilities who have lost their lives at the hands of their family members or caregivers. On March 1, 2013, we will remember those we have lost, and remind the world that...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Events, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged acceptance, allies, autistic community, disability, ethics, ignorance, murder, stigma
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Letter to Food and Drug Administration on the Judge Rotenberg Center
Margaret Hamburg Commissioner 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 US Food and Drug Administration Dear Commissioner Hamburg: We, the undersigned representatives of the disability and human rights community, are writing to express our gratitude for your recent actions regarding the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. It...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, joint letters, restraint
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ASAN Day of Mourning on March 1st
Dear friends, Last year, the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, along with Not Dead Yet and the National Council on Independent Living, held a Day of Mourning for people with disabilities killed by their relatives and caregivers. Day of Mourning began as a response to the murder of George Hodgins, a...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Changing Perceptions, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged acceptance, autistic community, disability, murder, stereotypes, stigma
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APRAIS Drafts Letter on Funding for the Judge Rotenberg Center
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The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusions (APRAIS), in collaboration with ASAN and other disability advocacy organizations, has drafted the following letter to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, as well as the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services and Medicare and Medicaid Services. As...
Posted in Action, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged action, APRAIS, aversion, letter, Rotenberg Center, seclusion and restraint
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Autistic Self Advocates and Allies Campaign for Electric Shock Ban
by Shain Neumeier Wednesday, June 20, Autistic self-advocates Kevin Barrett and Shain Neumeier went to the Massachusetts State House with fellow aversives opponents Cheryl McCollins and Gregory Miller in order to convey ASAN’s support for Massachusetts Senate Budget Amendment #548, which would impose a statewide ban on the...
Posted in Blog, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, representation, self advocacy
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 7
by Shain Neumeier The medical malpractice case over the use of electric shock and restraints on Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center in 2002 went to the jury on Monday, 23 April. Even without any further witness testimony, however, the jury was only able to deliberate for 30 minutes,...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, restraint, school abuse, stigma
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 6
by Shain Neumeier Witness testimony in the medical malpractice trial over the use of electric shock and restraint on Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center concluded on Friday, 20 April, with the examinations of JRC founder Dr. Matthew Israel and defense expert witness Dr. Lloyd Price. Before the...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, restraint, school abuse, stigma
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 5
by Shain Neumeier The case for the defense in the trial over the (alleged mis)use of electric shock and restraint on Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center continued on Wednesday, 18 April 2012. After Dr. James Riley’s testimony concluded, his attorney, Edward Hinchey, called Dr. Carol Ball, a...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, restraint, school abuse, stigma
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 4
by Shain Neumeier The defendants’ case in the ongoing medical malpractice trial over the longterm restraint and repeated electric shock of Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center began on Friday, 13 April, with the testimony of Dr. James Riley. Attorney Edward Hinchey, representing Dr. Riley separately from the...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, restraint, school abuse
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 3
by Shain Neumeier The trial over the restraint and electric shock of Andre McCollins at the Judge Rotenberg Center continued for a full day on 13 April, and included the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case alleging medical malpractice and the beginning of the defendants’ case to refute this claim. ...
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, restraint, school abuse, seclusion, stigma
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