|
June 19, 2008 |
Autistic boy likely suffocated:
coroner's report |
(click
here) |
|
June 18, 2008 |
Father sues over face-down restraint
of autistic boy |
(click
here) |
|
June 14, 2008 |
Block Island officials defend room in
school basement |
(click
here) |
|
June 13, 2008 |
School of Shock: Eight states are
sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids
to a facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How
many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?
|
(click
here) |
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November 4, 2007 |
Expanding autism help on Long Island |
(click
here) |
|
October 28, 2007 |
Judge Rotenberg Center: Shock tactics |
(click
here) |
|
September 23, 2007 |
6-Year-Old Autistic Student Criminally
Charged After Alleged Assault |
(click
here) |
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September 4, 2007 |
Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for
the Young |
(click
here) |
|
September 4, 2007 |
Parents, students at a loss as school in
Ashby is closed Academy worked with autism cases
|
(click
here) |
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August 20, 2007 |
Judge Rotenberg Center: School of Shock |
(click
here) |
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August 11, 2007 |
Pelishek: Our systems collapse, our
children suffer |
(click
here) |
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August 9, 2007 |
Time-Out Rooms |
(click
here) |
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July 14, 2007 |
Lawsuit says nursing home kicked out rape
victim - HRA Village |
(click
here) |
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July 10, 2007 |
Sex abuse of patient ignored, mom says |
(click
here) |
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July 9, 2007 |
When Discipline Starts a Fight
Pressured to Handle Disabled Children, A School Tries Restraints
|
(click
here) |
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June 9, 2007 |
Former patients sue Putnam mental facility
|
(click
here) |
|
July 8, 2007 |
Fear, violence strain staff at state
hospital |
(click
here) |
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March 23, 2007 |
Girl's Overdose Death Raises Questions
|
(click
here) |
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December 22, 2006 |
Parents in Caged Children Case Convicted |
(click
here) |
|
December 16, 2006 |
State's mental
facilities duped into using drug |
(click
here) |
|
December 15, 2006 |
Counseling center, employee plea no
contest in death of Angie Arndt |
(click
here) |
|
December 14, 2006 |
Parents Criticize Restraints In Schools :
At Hearing, They Seek Changes In State Law
|
(click
here) |
|
December 13, 2006 |
 Teaching
tool or restraining device? |
(click
here) |
|
December 10, 2006 |
BANCROFT: Panel probes conditions at
child facility: Includes a summary of the committee meeting and
contact information for parents
|
(click
here) |
|
December 8, 2006 |
CMS: Rights rule on use of
restraints and seclusion |
(click
here) |
|
December 8, 2006 |
Panel probes conditions at child facility |
(click
here) |
|
December 3, 2006 |
Class helps parents of mentally ill
children help themselves |
(click
here) |
|
November 29, 2006 |
Group seeks more penalties, training
in mental health centers |
(click
here) |
|
November 26, 2006 |
Counselors for mentally ill realizing
clients' need for intimacy : Experts say strong relationships may
help, not hinder, patients
|
(click
here) |
|
November 26, 2006 |
Hospital 'concept' marks beginning
(Vermont) |
(click
here) |
|
November 26, 2006 |
Spending For the Autistic, a Gift of
Common Ground |
(click
here) |
|
November 19, 2006 |
NEWSWEEK SPECIAL: Growing Up With
Autism |
(click
here) |
|
November 15, 2006 |
Expert’s Report on Bancroft
NeuroHealth Released |
(click
here) |
|
November 13, 2006 |
Mom:
System fails autistic children
|
(click
here) |
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October 30, 2006
|
Inside the world of autism |
(click
here) |
|
October 28, 2006 |
Parents plead to
locking mentally disabled daughter in room |
(click
here) |
|
October 28, 2006 |
What is autism? |
(click
here) |
|
October 27, 2006 |
Health-care providers oppose autism
conference speaker's view |
(click
here) |
|
October 27, 2006 |
Pa.
aide demoted in fallout at DHS
|
(click
here) |
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October 26, 2006 |
Children born after IVF treatment
'face higher health risks' |
(click
here) |
|
October 26, 2006 |
Mistrust of center grows with title
slips |
(click
here) |
|
October 25, 2006 |
14-year-old Pa. girl died of dehydration; workers
failed to notice neglect
The
Associated Press
|
(click
here) |
|
October 25, 2006 |
Welfare
officials ousted after teen’s death
|
(click
here) |
|
October 25, 2006 |
Groups ally in fight, filing against
shocks |
(click
here) |
|
October 24, 2006 |
Speech delay isn't the only link to
autism
|
(click
here) |
|
October 24, 2006 |
Panel duels over pupil shock |
(click
here) |
|
October 24, 2006 |
Parent outraged at Cornell study:
Autism Trivialized |
(click
here) |
|
October 22, 2006 |
Middletown Journal : Jail becomes mental health treatment facility
|
(click
here) |
|
October 22, 2006 |
Autism More Likely in Children of
Older Fathers |
(click
here) |
|
October 22, 2006 |
Autism in Children and TV
|
(click
here) |
|
October 22, 2006 |
Novel treatment for autism
Chiropractor touts spine
adjustments to lessen symptoms
|
(click
here) |
|
October 21, 2006 |
TV As The Cause of
Autism Study
: A mother's opinion |
(click
here) |
|
October 16, 2006 |
Families' autism costs expected to
rise : State projects a $13 million shortfall for services for
children with developmental disabilities
|
(click
here) |
|
October 16, 2006 |
N.J. may make
parents of autistic kids pay more |
(click
here) |
|
October 15, 2006 |
Proposed
program could get mentally ill patients out of adult-care homes
|
(click
here) |
|
October 15, 2006 |
Agency told to aid mentally ill
inmates |
(click
here) |
|
October 14, 2006 |
Smart
Woman : Autism isn't always noticeable |
(click
here) |
|
October 12, 2006 |
38 fined in push to shield disabled |
(click
here) |
|
October 12, 2006 |
Lifting the veil on child abuse :
A U.N. report, released today, will now make it more difficult to
turn a blind eye to the problem.
|
(click
here) |
|
October 10, 2006 |
School of shock: inside a school where
mentally disturbed students are jolted into good behavior
|
(click
here) |
|
October 6, 2006 |
CDC Funds
Largest-Ever Study on Autism
|
(click
here) |
|
October 5, 2006 |
Shock therapy expense blasted |
(click
here) |
|
October 5, 2006 |
Understanding
individuals with Asperger's Syndrome or high functioning autism
|
(click
here) |
|
October 1, 2006 |
Links to autism propel 1,000 walkers
Saturday |
(click
here) |
|
September 30, 2006 |
Oakwood worker
accused of abuse : Employee is 16th to
face charges |
(click
here) |
|
September 30, 2006 |
2 ex-Whisper Ridge workers arrested |
(click
here) |
|
September 29, 2006 |
New law requires health insurers to
cover autism disorders |
(click
here) |
|
September 29, 2006 |
Faces of
Autism: Daniel
|
(click
here) |
|
September 29, 2006 |
Faces of Autism: Steven |
(click
here) |
|
September 28, 2006 |
School continues LEAP forward for
autistic pupils |
(click
here) |
|
September 28, 2006 |
PED Med: Seeking allies in autism
fight |
(click
here) |
|
September 28, 2006 |
Clock
ticking on autism legislation
|
(click
here) |
|
September 27, 2006 |
New Law Benefits New
Yorkers Diagnosed with Autism |
(click
here) |
|
September 26, 2006 |
State tries to
save Oakwood funding
Federal agency told of changes
|
(click
here) |
|
September 26, 2006 |
Autopsy finds traumatic injury on
2-year-old in Canton foster home |
(click
here) |
|
September 23, 2006 |
Autism Fair Fulfills Maine Mom's Goal |
(click
here) |
|
September 22, 2006 |
Group lends helping hand |
(click
here) |
|
September 21, 2006 |
Meeting the needs of children - NJ
opens new mental health facility for youth |
(click
here) |
|
September 21, 2006 |
Bringing autism into focus |
(click
here) |
|
September 20, 2006 |
Oakwood cited for serious violation;
23rd time in 21 months |
(click
here) |
|
September 20, 2006 |
Symptoms of autism
|
(click
here) |
|
September 20, 2006 |
Absolutely Shocking! |
(click
here) |
|
September 19, 2006 |
HEALTH NEWS: Autism studies seek new
treatments |
(click
here) |
|
September 19, 2006 |
Report rips mental health care at
juvenile center |
(click
here) |
|
September 19, 2006 |
Autism involves whole brain: Too
much information can be overwhelming
|
(click
here) |
|
September 17, 2006 |
Chino teacher uses restraints that
violate state regulations |
(click
here) |
|
September 16, 2006 |
Mentally ill
patients turned away |
(click
here) |
|
September 2006 |
Council on Children with Disabilities
Newsletter |
(click
here) |
|
September 15, 2006 |
Parental consent form one of
many special education changes |
(click
here) |
|
September 15, 2006 |
Relatives can help ensure safety |
(click
here) |
|
September 14, 2006 |
New School Helps Students With Autism |
(click
here) |
|
September 14, 2006 |
Autism gains attention of lawmakers
|
(click
here) |
|
September 13, 2006 |
Regents bar skin shocks, other methods
for subduing students
|
(click
here) |
|
September 12, 2006 |
Regents rethinks shock therapy - (NY,
Judge Rotenberg Center) |
(click
here) |
|
September 12, 2006 |
Parents seek autism options |
(click
here) |
|
September 12, 2006 |
Conference
to focus on autism: Coping with
a disability |
(click
here) |
|
September 12, 2006 |
Regents places ban on skin shocks for troubled
students |
(click
here) |
|
September 11, 2006 |
Coping with autism |
(click
here) |
|
September 11, 2006 |
More
and more lives are touched by autism |
(click
here) |
|
September 11, 2006 |
NEW JERSEY: Special Services school
hopes to open by spring |
(click
here) |
|
September 9, 206 |
Judge backs shock treatment
|
(click
here) |
|
September 8, 2006 |
Parents get court order allowing shock
therapy |
(click
here) |
|
September 7, 2006 |
Shock treatment of student appalls
officials |
(click
here) |
|
August 31, 2006 |
Bancroft resident is charged with
raping autistic boy, 17 |
(click
here) |
|
August 30, 2006 |
NEWS RELEASE: Bancroft Resident
Charged with Rape of Fellow Patient |
(click
here) |
|
August 30, 2006 |
Teen accused of rape in center for
developmentally disabled |
(click
here) |
|
August 29, 2006 |
Disorder takes away a child’s voice |
(click
here) |
|
August 29, 2006 |
Trial Will Go As Scheduled for
Michelle Bott-Graham |
(click
here) |
|
August 28, 2006 |
Bott-Graham
trial still scheduled for Sept. 12 |
(click
here) |
|
August 25, 2006 |
9-year old boy accused of tossing brick
at principal |
(click
here) |
|
August 14, 2006 |
Kids
with OCD bullied more than others, study shows
|
(click
here) |
|
August 9, 2006 |
AG to review school restraint
regulations
|
(click
here) |
|
August 8, 2006 |
Students with mental retardation make gains in the general
classroom, UF study finds
|
(click
here) |
|
August 7, 2006 |
Mental health professionals to learn
about children's treatments
|
(click
here) |
|
August 2006 |
EP Parenting Magazine article re the use
of electric shock
|
(click
here) p. 1
(click
here) p. 2 |
|
August 4, 2006 |
Japanese Physicians, Psychologists Visit
UB Summer Program for Children with ADHD
|
(click
here) |
|
August 3, 2006 |
News from The Mental
Patients Liberation Alliance
|
(click
here) |
|
August 1, 2006 |
Mental health practice incorporates
'play' techniques
|
(click
here) |
|
July 29, 2006 |
Rotenberg Center: TREATMENT or
TORMENT? A Canton center’s therapy for mental illness - shocks
and food deprivation - is staunchly defended and bitterly attacked
|
(click
here) |
|
July 29, 2006 |
Third annual Whitney's Walk - Illinois
suicide prevention
|
(click
here) |
|
July 25, 2006 |
State eases rules to fill special ed
teacher jobs
|
(click
here) |
|
July 21, 2006 |
Mom sues over electric shock
|
(click
here) |
|
July 20, 2006 |
Autistic man dies after clash with deputies (21 years
old)
|
(click
here) |
|
July 18, 2006 |
A
special vulnerability: Sex and social issues pose challenges for
developmentally disabled teens
|
(click
here) |
|
June 18, 2006 |
Greystone under fire for delay in
evacuation
|
(click
here) |
|
July 16, 2006 |
Unlearn shocking behaviors
|
(click
here) |
|
July 15, 2006 |
Group urges closure of center after
girl's death: Advocates cite 'pervasive failure' at treatment
facility; multiple inquiries under way
|
(click
here) |
|
July 12, 2006 |
State education board considers
restraints for special ed students
|
(click
here) |
|
July 11, 2006 |
Utterly Shocking
|
(click
here) |
|
July 10, 2006 |
Before she died,
Angie had finally found her place:
Foster family says 7-year-old still had tantrums but was making
progress
|
(click
here) |
|
July 9, 2006 |
Teacher pleads guilty to assault for
hitting autistic student
|
(click
here) |
|
July 9, 2006 |
Q&A: Temple Grandin on Autism & Language
|
(click
here) |
|
July 9, 2006 |
Exploring Language: Autism Reveals
Social Roots of Language
|
(click
here) |
|
July 8, 2006 |
State finds deficiencies at clinic where
girl died
|
(click
here) |
|
July 7, 2006 |
Young Girl’s Death Prompts Questions
|
(click
here) |
|
July 5, 2006 |
Patient Death Raises Questions About
Restraints
|
(click
here) |
|
July 5, 2006 |
Patient death highlights question about
restraints
|
(click
here) |
|
July 5, 2006 |
Girl's death revives debate over
restraining out-of-control kids
|
(click
here) |
|
July 5, 2006 |
Controlling out-of-control kids: When is
restraint OK?
|
(click
here) |
|
July 3, 2006 |
Therapy:
Understanding Life with Autism
|
(click
here) |
|
July 2, 2006 |
Initial report in girl's death are
disturbing
|
(click
here) |
|
June 30, 2006 |
State
investigates burn claims from therapy at Canton School
|
(click
here) |
|
June 27, 2006 |
Time for
women with disabilities to speak out
|
(click
here) |
|
June 26, 2006 |
State
checking burn claims at school: 10 complaints about shocks in past
six months
|
(click
here) |
|
June 26, 2006 |
State investigates burn claims from
therapy at Canton School
|
(click
here) |
|
June 24, 2006 |
Clinic cited in girl's death: 7-year-old dies after being restrained
by staff at Rice Lake, Wis., center
|
(click
here) |
|
June 24, 2006 |
Update to "Countdown to Justice"
|
(click
here) |
|
June 24, 2006 |
Ladysmith girl was restrained eight
times before her death |
(click
here) |
|
June 24, 2006 |
Girl who died at counseling center was
restrained nine times
|
(click
here) |
|
June 24, 2006 |
Girl who died at counseling center was
restrained nine times
|
(click
here) |
|
June 23, 2006 |
Report says clinic violated state code
in treatment of girl who died |
(click
here) |
|
June 23, 2006 |
Report: Clinic 'Failed' Girl Who Died
|
(click
here) |
|
June 21, 2006 |
Facility avoids closure: Whisper Ridge to pay fines
|
(click
here) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
Whisper Ridge Facility Remains Open
|
(click
here) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
School Board Adopts Strategic Plan
|
(click
here) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
Regents board poised to ban skin shocks
|
(click
here) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
State to limit
student electric shock therapy
|
(click
here) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
New York asks curb to shocks at
school:Canton methods are under scrutiny
|
(click
here) |
|
June 19, 206 |
New York won't stop funding Mass. shock
therapy school
|
(click
here) |
|
June 19, 2006 |
A shocking form of therapy
|
(click
here) |
|
June 17, 2006 |
State
broadens investigation into special needs school
|
(click
here) |
|
June 17, 2006 |
Treatment or
torture? Regents to address 'aversive' therapies
|
(click
here) |
|
June 15, 2006 |
In center of a
storm: State education department
report blasts Massachusetts facility for special needs students
|
(click
here) |
|
June 15, 2006 |
NY Report denounces shock use at school
|
(click
here) |
|
June 15, 2006 |
Report: Shock therapy hurts kids in
Massachusetts school
|
(click
here) |
|
June 15, 2006 |
Foster Parents Question Girl's Death
|
(click
here) |
|
June 15, 2006 |
Homicide charge possible in girl's death
|
(click
here) |
|
June 14, 2006 |
Restraint led to child's death
|
(click
here) |
|
June 14, 2006 |
State: Kids hurt in shock
therapy school
|
(click
here) |
|
June 14, 2006 |
Kids hurt by shock therapy at Bay State
School
|
(click
here) |
|
)June 14, 2006 |
Disabled Kids Said Hurt in Shock Therapy
|
(click
here) |
|
June 14, 2005 |
Rotenberg Center methods slammed
|
(click
here) |
|
June 10, 2006 |
Prosecutors weigh homicide charges in
suffocation
|
(click
here) |
|
June 10, 2006 |
Charges pondered
in death of girl, 7: Physical restraint at
facility reviewed
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Rice Lake Death Called a
Homicide
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Girl's death prompts order to restrict
counseling center's use of control hold
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
State puts restrictions on use of
control holds at Rice Lake clinic
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Child's death in Rice Lake ruled
homicide
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Restraint leads to homicide: Examiner:
Death caused by holding down child
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Death Of Restrained Girl, 7, Ruled
Homicide
|
(click
here) |
|
June 9, 2006 |
Prosecutors weigh whether child's death
was criminal homicide
|
(click
here) |
|
June 5, 2006 |
Officials Looking Into 7-Year-Old Girl's
Death
|
(click
here) |
|
June 2, 2006 |
Investigators will review death of girl,
7
|
(click
here) |
|
June 1, 2006 |
Girl who was restrained later passes out
and dies
|
(click
here) |
|
May 31, 2006 |
Police: Patient Died After Taken To
Hospital
|
(click
here) |
|
May 22, 2006 |
A question of 'tough love' vs. torture
|
(click
here) |
|
March 29, 2006 |
State stops sending
disabled to school using shock therapy
|
(click
here) |
|
January 18, 2006 |
Underground
network moves children from home to home
|
(click
here) |
|
January 17, 2006 |
Enclosed beds
cause controversy: Is it a cage or bed? Cruel or therapeutic?
|
(click
here) |
|
October 1, 2005 |
Allegations resurface
at unique school for autistic children |
(click here) |
|
August 24, 2005 |
Mother files new complaint: Jean Bowden'
daughter, Abbie, repeatedly restrained in the name of therapy
|
(click
here) |
|
July 11, 2005 |
Lawsuits Filed Against Teacher At Higashi School Convicted Of
Harming Student
|
(click here)
|
|
July 7, 2005 |
Institution Agrees To Changes Following Matthew
Goodman Death |
(click here) |
|
April 28, 2005 |
Proposed rules would ban workers from sitting on children
|
(click
here) |
|
March 29, 2006 |
Suspect
enters plea: Bott-Graham lawyer wants trial moved
|
(click
here) |
|
March 18, 2006 |
Woman bound
over for trial: Bott-Graham charged in child's death
|
(click
here) |
|
March 9, 2006 |
CHARGES FILED AGAINST DEAD TODDLER'S
DAY CARE OPERATORS
|
(click
here) |
|
March 8, 2006 |
Murder
suspect's friend: Employer falsified details
|
(click
here) |
|
February 22, 2006 |
First Degree Murder
Charge
|
(click
here) |
|
January 31, 2006 |
Autopsy report doesn't contain ‘big
surprises'
|
(click
here) |
|
January 3, 2006 |
BOTT-GRAHAM UPDATE
|
(click
here) |
|
December 11, 2005 |
Tragedy
rocks care system: Toddler's death sparks reassessment
|
(click
here) |
|
December 8, 2005 |
A Beautiful Boy Dies in His Father's
Arms...
|
(click
here) |
|
February 2005 |
Electronically-linked activists shame Oregon into dropping heartless child custody case
|
(click
here) |
|
February 28, 2005 |
Letter re Fraud at Bancroft NeuroHealth |
(click
here) |
|
February 7, 2005 |
OHSU TO TAKE CHILD AWAY FROM MOTHER |
(click
here) |
|
May 12, 2003 |
Boy's death puts spotlight on
restraints |
(click
here) |
|
January 23, 2003 |
Advocates Vow To Continue Push For 'Matthew's
Law'
|
(click
here) |
|
December 19, 2002 |
Bancroft Given Two Week Notice |
(click
here) |
|
September 19, 2002 |
Teen's Death Prompts New Restraint And Seclusion Measure |
(click here) |
|
August 28, 2002 |
Treatment Of Teenager Ruled Abusive |
(click
here) |
|
July 11, 2002 |
Facility Charged With Largest Fine Ever, State Says |
(click here) |
|
July 2, 2002 |
After Teen's Death, Districts Thinking Twice About Sending Children
Out Of State
|
(click
here) |
|
February 6, 1995 |
Chicago Police Training Bulletin on Positional Asphyxia
|
(click
here) |
