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The normalization of restraint in mainstream media.
After numerous official complaints, BBC has refused to acknowledge the harm caused by normalizing dangerous restraints as best practices for young children.
Autistic Advocates and Behavior Therapy Industry Professionals Join Forces to #StopTheShock
This unified force [of advocates and therapeutic professionals] presents an unambiguous statement: the cruel, inhumane, and abusive practice of electroshock behavior therapy is wrong and should not, under any circumstances, be allowed to continue.
Restraint and Seclusion: My nine-year-old attempted suicide at school. Twice.
One day, she received a call to come to her nine-year-old’s school. Quickly. She was responding to his first suicide attempt, but it wouldn’t be his last.
ICARS Joins Families In Demanding Public Inquiries
The International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion (ICARS) joins families in calling for Public Inquiries in England and Wales into the use of restraint and seclusion in schools
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ICARS: The Time to End Restraint and Seclusion is Now — NeuroClastic
Deadly restraints and cruel seclusion have been a harrowing stain on the legacy of disability rights. The time to end these barbaric practices is now. ICARS:
Trending in the US: Calling the Police on Disabled Kids in Kindergarten
Editor’s note: This article is a commission from the International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion. It was written by Patrick Magpie. To commission NeuroClastic writers to write on specific topics, click here.
Imagine being a six-year-old gi…
ICARS Manifesto
We stand for children, worldwide, who have suffered restraint and seclusion abuse in schools. Listening to the unheard voices and recognizing that, united, we can
A Child in a Straight Jacket
I grew up in the Bronx, New York. I was born in the early 90s, and If you think the system is unethical now, you can imagine the hell it was back then. This was a time when parents would leave their children to horrific fates, deeply believing– or …
The Coat Closet – An Autism Seclusion Story
As an autistic student, I was placed in seclusion in elementary school. The effects still haunt me.
Mrs. Bradshaw was her name. She was my first grade teacher at Mountain View elementary School in Broomfield, Colorado, and she was the strangest teache…
Seclusion Broke My Heart
He was my little brother, and my whole life was centered around protecting him. We lived in a rural area in the backwoods, and awareness and acceptance was far behind. Elementary school was the worst, because whatever teacher you had– you had them an…
ICARS: The Time to End Restraint and Seclusion is Now — NeuroClastic
Deadly restraints and cruel seclusion have been a harrowing stain on the legacy of disability rights. The time to end these barbaric practices is now. ICARS:
Trending in the US: Calling the Police on Disabled Kids in Kindergarten
Editor’s note: This article is a commission from the International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion. It was written by Patrick Magpie. To commission NeuroClastic writers to write on specific topics, click here.
Imagine being a six-year-old gi…
ICARS Manifesto
We stand for children, worldwide, who have suffered restraint and seclusion abuse in schools. Listening to the unheard voices and recognizing that, united, we can
A Child in a Straight Jacket
I grew up in the Bronx, New York. I was born in the early 90s, and If you think the system is unethical now, you can imagine the hell it was back then. This was a time when parents would leave their children to horrific fates, deeply believing– or …
The Coat Closet – An Autism Seclusion Story
As an autistic student, I was placed in seclusion in elementary school. The effects still haunt me.
Mrs. Bradshaw was her name. She was my first grade teacher at Mountain View elementary School in Broomfield, Colorado, and she was the strangest teache…
Seclusion Broke My Heart
He was my little brother, and my whole life was centered around protecting him. We lived in a rural area in the backwoods, and awareness and acceptance was far behind. Elementary school was the worst, because whatever teacher you had– you had them an…
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