VIDEO Texas Disabled Students Restrained in School
Jennifer Howson, 21, was restrained dozens of times at her school in the northeast Texas town of Kemp, often sustaining scrapes, bruises and black eyes. Her case is hardly unique; Texas educators pinned down students with disabilities 18,000 times in the 2007-08 school year.
In one case, educators restraining Jennifer broke a costsly device surgically implanted in her body to prevent severe seizures. The restraints occurred though Jennifer's parents, both teachers -- were working mere blocks away.
In this video, Jennifer and the Howsons tell their story.
Comments (6)
edmas0
Powerful story, but the audio is poor. I could barely hear the parents speaking.
Emily Ramshaw
We're working on the audio! If others are having problems, let me know!
Elise Hu
Edmas, Elise here. I checked all levels in the original file and the YouTube and it's all even with the rest of our video settings. My suggestion is to look at the right hand corner of your youtube player and adjust your levels there, if your base computer sound didn't do enough. Good luck!
Texan
18,000 is probably a low number. How many times does this happen that's not documented. Plenty!!
edmas0
I tried it on my phone and it worked fine. Problem is my #$@% computer, obviously.
sandie
Sometimes you just have to have a happy ending in the news....Sandie Nieves