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Fight Autism, Not Children with Autism! Click Here to Sign Petition Press Release *Join SEA Now!* Resources IDEA NCLB Cherry Hill Public Schools Statistics NJ Public Schools Autism Prevalence Report National Institute of Health's Autism Spectrum Disorders CDC's Autism Community Report: Prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorders	View Photos of Padded Closet with Description Read letters about the Padded Closet: Stu Chaifetz's letter to parents NJ Student Advocacy, Bob Witanek's letter: Stop the Torture of Autistic Kids - Franklin Must Go! (Cherry Hill, NJ) View Media Coverage about the Padded Closet: KWY 3 Philadelphia's Coverage: Cherry Hill Parents Outraged Over 'Quiet Room' Nov 28, 2007, 7:22AM Padded Room Found in Cherry Hill School, Nov 28, 2007 7:01AM Cherry Hill Parents Outraged by Padded Room, Nov 27, 2007 11:21PM Cherry Hill Parents Angered by Padded Room, Nov 27, 2007 6:16PM Cherry Hill Parents Upset Over Padded Room, Nov 27, 2007 4:24PM NBC10 Philadelphia's Coverage: School's Padded Room Upsets Parents Of Special Needs Students Padded Room Upsets Students' Parents Cherry Hill Sun: Special Ed Room Questioned Read Blog Articles About Cherry Hill's Special Education Department: The following blog articles focus on Special Education in Cherry Hill and appear in the Courier Post's Online Edition "Kathi Magee: On Autism" The Bizarro World Best Practices in Behavior Management Restraint and Seclusion Cherry Hill's Chokey! Disciplining Special Needs Children The Facts Do Not Lie! The Educational Divide Addressing Concerns for Cherry Hill's Special Needs Children Special Ed: The Cold Hard Facts The following articles were written by Kristina Chew, PhD, author of Autism Vox: Outrage in NJ and MN Padded or Concrete: The Quiet Room Padded Cells and Physical Restraints Parents against Parents over Special Education NJ father goes on hunger strike for autism Thank you to the following News Stations for covering this story: PhillyMag.com: http://www.phillymag.com/blogs/philly/category/the-830-report/page/2/ Daily Examiner said: Cherry Hill school’s deplorable “Quiet Room”: Outraged parents sought an explanation at a school board meeting last night for a “quiet room” one Cherry Hill elementary school was using for misbehaving students. It’s a small, padded area “that smells like urine,” according to one parent. The school says it’s only used the room once this year and it was dismantled soon after the incident. [CBS 3] MSNBC: http://ori.msnbc.msn.com/id/21998428/ Jacksonville, FL -- East Coast News http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/education/news-article.aspx?storyid=96643 Bangor, Maine WLBZ 2 http://www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=75658 Cleveland, Ohio WKYC http://www.wkyc.com/news/national/news_article.aspx?storyid=78869 (with a lovely picture of Stu as he calls for Izzie's termination!) Portland WCSH6, http://www.wcsh6.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=75658 Neowin.net: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=bfd65c741de370a9302 a6b704a3e0457&showtopic=603990&pid=589028868&st=0&#entry589028868 Medworm:http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=special&t=special&r= Exact&o=d&f=tag Pick A Better Place: http://www.pickabetterplace.com/	Daily Examiner said: Cherry Hill school’s deplorable “Quiet Room”: Outraged parents sought an explanation at a school board meeting last night for a “quiet room” one Cherry Hill elementary school was using for misbehaving students. It’s a small, padded area “that smells like urine,” according to one parent. The school says it’s only used the room once this year and it was dismantled soon after the incident. [CBS 3]
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