Parent Request: “No Restraint”
Does the school system need parental consent to restrain a student with autism? He has never had to be restrained before. He does not communicate well, but he is not Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Abuse / Restraints
Supreme Court: P & A Can Sue State to Protect Individuals with Disabilities
While investigating suspicious deaths in state institutions, the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) requested relevant records from state officials. Virginia refused, stating that a state-law privilege protected records Continue Reading →
Must Police Obtain a Warrant or Consent Before Interviewing Child at School?
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether police and social workers must obtain a warrant, court order, or parental consent before interviewing children at school about claims of Continue Reading →
9th Circuit Blocks Isolation Room Lawsuit
A Washington school placed D.P., an autistic child, in a locked isolation room pursuant to an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that allowed him to be placed in a “safe room” Continue Reading →
Seat Harness on School Bus: Safety Device or Restraint?
I’m hopping mad! I have 6-year-old twins, one is autistic & verbal, the other bi-polar. The bus driver uses regular seat belts for them unless (on rare occasions) they act Continue Reading →
School Is Not Supposed to Hurt: NDRN Report Update
Federal minimum standards are needed so that school children are protected from abusive seclusion and restraint practices, regardless of where they live. On February 2, 2010,The National Disability Rights Network Continue Reading →
Protecting Bullies, Not the Bullied, Seems to be the Rule in Our Schools
In Mass, parents are reporting that their children are refusing to go to class, have dropped out of sports, stopped trying to socialize, refused to go to class and in Continue Reading →
“Something is Very Wrong When Our Children Are at Risk in School”
A 14-year old student in a special education classroom in Texas, Cedric lived with a foster family because of a history of neglect, including malnutrition. One day in 2002, his Continue Reading →
Teacher Fired, Isolation Room Closed, Lawsuit Pending
The following video (taken from a school surveillance tape) is a shocking report of videotaped abuse of a 14 year old boy who has autism. [Video no longer available] This Continue Reading →
Handcuffs? Bruises? Disability Rights Files Suit Against Wake County Schools
On Thursday, September 18, Pete and Pam presented a special education law and advocacy training program in Chapel Hill, NC. After checking in, we picked up an email from an Continue Reading →
