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Trying to avoid bullying: like a groundhog trying to run from its shadow

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Kids get bullied, and special needs kids even more so. Doesn’t make it right. But what happens when people are so proud of it that they want it recorded to video and posted to the web? That’s what happens in this video. A group of kids are bullying an autistic kid. Only one throws the [...]

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Judge awards Robertson Co. bullied teen $300K

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Bullying of autistics is a topic that comes up a great deal. Just last week a gang of nine youths who viciously beat an autistic teen was let go without any punishment. In another case, an autistic student was awarded $300k, the maximum allowed by law, for a bullying case. Before anyone sees this as [...]

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Judge Rotenberg Center banned from shocking new admissions

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) has is a special needs school in Massachusetts which employs electric shocks as part of its program on a subset of its students. This practice is controversial, to put it mildly. With thanks to Kate Gladstone for bringing this to my attention, the JRC has been banned from including these [...]

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Letter to the Editor: A Former Judge Rotenberg Center Worker Speaks Out

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The Canton Patch has published a letter to the editor from a former employee of the Judge Rotenberg Center. The letter is described, “Greg Miller worked for the Rotenberg Center in Canton for three years and speaks about his experience.” and carries the warning that “Some of the content in this letter may be disturbing. [...]

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