TW: restraint
On this disability day of mourning, consider contacting your local representatives and asking them what they are doing to end restraint in schools and institutions.
Because it is killing children.
There was nine-year-old Randy Steele, who didn’t want to take a bath, and eleven-year-old Andrew McClain, who didn’t want to move to another table at breakfast.
There was 15 year old Gareth Myatt, who didn’t want to clean a toaster, and 15 year old Edith Campos, who wouldn’t give up a family photograph.
There was 12 year old Robert Rollins. He couldn’t find his teddy bear.
In many of these cases, the holds used were found to be routine– something the staff had used before, often many times, and in many cases, exactly as they had been trained to do.
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Frederick was murdered at the hands of those charged with supporting his growth and development. He was killed fo
List of Autistic People Murdered (courtesy of ASAN)
https://neuroclastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Names-with-Cause-of-Death.pdf
