Fwd: Protect Florida's Students with Disabilities Against Restraint and Seclusion

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Please take a few moments to read Ari Ne'eman's message and go to the link below and tell the Department of Education that the proposed rule for restraint and seclusion is not an effective way to safeguard our children.

Regards,

Ven Sequenzia

President

Autism Society of America

State of Florida Chapter

Protect Florida's Students with Disabilities Against Restraint and Seclusion

Dear ASAN supporters,

For the past several years, we've advocated to end the consistent abuse and risk of violence that Autistic students as well as those with other disabilities face all too often in our nations schools. In recent months, our efforts as well as those of part of broader coalitions we are proud to be a part of, such as the Alliance for the Prevention of Restraints, Aversive Interventions and Seclusion (APRAIS) and the Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN), have yielded fruit with Congressional hearings and a recent direct meeting with top officials on the President's Domestic Policy Council. We continue to advocate in Washington for a comprehensive national law to protect our people. Yet, at the same time, this fight is a national one and our friends in the parent community and local chapters continue to fight for these protections at the state level as well.

I'm writing to ask you to help us send 1000 e-mails to the Florida Department of Education insisting that they withdraw proposed regulations that would allow the use of physical force against students in a wide variety of ways and under conditions as vague as to maintain an "orderly classroom environment". If this rule is allowed to pass, students with disabilities will be subject to continued restraint and seclusion resulting in frequent serious injury and even death.

I urge you to use our action alert to help us reach our goal of sending 1000 messages to the Florida Department of Education to tell them that the Proposed Rule on "Standards for the Use of Reasonable Force" is inappropriate and ineffective for safeguarding the rights of students with and without disabilities. You can find our action alert here at http://www.change.org/autisticadvocacy/actions/view/protect_floridas_students_against_abuse_through_aversives_restraint_and_seclusions If for whatever reason you have trouble using our action alert, you can also e-mail the Florida Department of Education directly at Lynn.Abbott@...

Regards,

Ari Ne'eman

President

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network

http://www.autisticadvocacy.org

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