Greg Carr
2008-07-01 21:08:07 UTC
Autistic boy smothered at school
'I don't understand how this happened,' father says of youngster's
death
BRETT BUNDALE
The Gazette
Friday, June 20, 2008
CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE
Gabriel Poirier was like other boys, his parents say: He collected
comic books and enjoyed singing to his favourite tunes.
CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE
Gilles Poirier and Isabelle Lépine wipe away tears yesterday as they
recall how their son Gabriel, 9, died in April after he was wrapped in
a weighted blanket while at school in St. Jean sur Richelieu. The
parents' lawyer, Jean-Pierre Ménard, is at left.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=77c0fffd-a617-450f-acd8-34fbfcecda50
Gabriel Poirier seemed like any other 9-year-old boy. He watched
cartoons, collected comic books and sang along to his favourite songs.
But Gabriel was autistic. He had problems communicating and
interacting with people and would get frustrated.
His parents knew he could be difficult to handle and easily agitated.
But nothing could prepare them for the tragic circumstances that led
to their son's death two months ago.
A coroner's report made public yesterday pieces together the last
moments of the boy's life.
In the early afternoon of April 17, Gabriel began to disturb his
classmates at École Marie Rivier in St. Jean sur Richelieu with loud
noises. The school specializes in teaching children with developmental
difficulties.
(Greg-Making loud noises often happens through something called a
paroxysm. The person making the noises is totally unable to control
their vocal cords or the words or sounds coming out of them. The same
thing happens with schizophrenics sometimes and ppl with Tourette's.)
His teachers gave him two warnings to calm down. When Gabriel
continued to misbehave, one teacher took him to the corner of the
classroom and rolled him in a weighted blanket, which is sometimes
used to calm autistic children.
(Greg-If he was having paroxysms then he wasn't misbehaving, he was
just having a horrible symptom which was disrupting the class.)
The heavy blanket was tightly wrapped around the 3-foot, 11-inch
Gabriel at least four times, pinning his arms to his sides, the
coroner's report said. With only the tips of his toes peeking out, the
boy was left on his stomach, his head completely covered, for more
than 20 minutes.
Gabriel eventually stopped making noise. The teacher went to check on
him, turning him on his back. The boy appeared "listless and blue in
the face," the coroner's report said.
(Greg-The end result is that the weighted blanket is in fact a
straight jacket. Should children be put into straight jackets? The
weighted jacket puts pressure on the lungs and the hood part of it
muffles sounds. The child was still having the paroxysms more than
likely and the fact the lungs were being crushed by the weights and
the hood was in place made the sounds harder to make and muffled what
sounds were made. This also hampers breathing and in this case it was
to the point the child died.)
The teacher called 911 and the school nurse tried to resuscitate
Gabriel. He was already in a deep coma, however, and died the next day
at Montreal's Ste. Justine Hospital.
The coroner's report cited suffocation as the probable cause of death.
"He was a very gentle boy," Gilles Poirier, Gabriel's father, said at
a news conference yesterday in Montreal.
"He was only 53 pounds. He was so small," Poirier said of his son.
"How can they wrap him up like that in a 40-pound blanket? How can
this treatment be tolerated?"
His wife, Isabelle Lépine, tried to comfort him as he cried.
"Sometimes he was loud, but he was never aggressive or violent. I just
don't understand how this happened," Poirier said, tears streaming
down his face.
When used under the guidance of an occupational therapist, weighted
blankets can be calming for autistic children, said Kathleen Provost,
executive director of the Autism Society of Canada.
"They have a therapeutic use and can be relaxing," she said.
(Greg-If this is true do the children seek out the blankets? Seems
like an archaic form of torture and the type of device usu. found in
asylums for the insane.)
Many autistic children respond positively to sensory stimulation like
touch, massage and weighted blankets.
(Greg-In general touch is considered a good thing for everyone :-)
Occupational therapists have found sensory stimulation is soothing to
autistic kids and sometimes produces better results than medication.
Although teachers at Marie Rivier had received training and guidelines
from occupational therapists about how to use weighted blankets, the
rules were not followed the day Gabriel died, the coroner's report
said.
Occupational therapists recommend blankets not be used as a form of
punishment. They are not to cover a child's head and ought to be loose
enough to be easily removed by the youngster.
(Greg-In this case the head was covered and that led to the death of
Gabriel Poirier. This is a case of criminal negligence causing death.)
In addition, the weight of the blanket should be in proportion to the
weight of the child, and he or she should be monitored at all times.
The government needs to protect vulnerable children like Gabriel, said
Jean-Pierre Ménard, the lawyer for the boy's parents.
"We're asking (Education) Minister (Michelle) Courchesne to implement
a legal framework to regulate how these children are handled."
(Greg-Seems like a good idea.)
Gabriel's parents plan to sue the Commission scolaire des Hautes
Rivières for compensation in the hope of preventing another tragedy,
Ménard added.
(Greg-Hope JHVH blesses your lawsuit because this should never have
happened.)
***@thegazette.canwest.com
© The Gazette (Montreal) 2008
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In her report, the coroner concluded the child's death was violent and
could have been avoided.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0t-8mlEzBr-Be8xUs5R3zfy9foQ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gabriel's father told a news conference yesterday that the report's
recommendations have only added to his family's grief they were
originally told the boy had died peacefully.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/446508
(Greg-The fact the ppl involved lied about the cause of death seems to
indicate they had a guilty conscience or were trying to cover up a
crime.)
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but when I called him back he denied it. JVD-968 "89 Plymouth Reliant white with red interior. Devellis in lettering on the rear trunk. Contact me by email or the GRC if you are one of those ppl. Am looking for the address of Dave Reynolds and any info about him. He used to run Low's Tires and since he refuses to answer his email ***@telus.net I can only assume he is the person who stole my vehicle and the contents in it. I have talked to the new owners and they claim to know nothing.
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'I don't understand how this happened,' father says of youngster's
death
BRETT BUNDALE
The Gazette
Friday, June 20, 2008
CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE
Gabriel Poirier was like other boys, his parents say: He collected
comic books and enjoyed singing to his favourite tunes.
CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE
Gilles Poirier and Isabelle Lépine wipe away tears yesterday as they
recall how their son Gabriel, 9, died in April after he was wrapped in
a weighted blanket while at school in St. Jean sur Richelieu. The
parents' lawyer, Jean-Pierre Ménard, is at left.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=77c0fffd-a617-450f-acd8-34fbfcecda50
Gabriel Poirier seemed like any other 9-year-old boy. He watched
cartoons, collected comic books and sang along to his favourite songs.
But Gabriel was autistic. He had problems communicating and
interacting with people and would get frustrated.
His parents knew he could be difficult to handle and easily agitated.
But nothing could prepare them for the tragic circumstances that led
to their son's death two months ago.
A coroner's report made public yesterday pieces together the last
moments of the boy's life.
In the early afternoon of April 17, Gabriel began to disturb his
classmates at École Marie Rivier in St. Jean sur Richelieu with loud
noises. The school specializes in teaching children with developmental
difficulties.
(Greg-Making loud noises often happens through something called a
paroxysm. The person making the noises is totally unable to control
their vocal cords or the words or sounds coming out of them. The same
thing happens with schizophrenics sometimes and ppl with Tourette's.)
His teachers gave him two warnings to calm down. When Gabriel
continued to misbehave, one teacher took him to the corner of the
classroom and rolled him in a weighted blanket, which is sometimes
used to calm autistic children.
(Greg-If he was having paroxysms then he wasn't misbehaving, he was
just having a horrible symptom which was disrupting the class.)
The heavy blanket was tightly wrapped around the 3-foot, 11-inch
Gabriel at least four times, pinning his arms to his sides, the
coroner's report said. With only the tips of his toes peeking out, the
boy was left on his stomach, his head completely covered, for more
than 20 minutes.
Gabriel eventually stopped making noise. The teacher went to check on
him, turning him on his back. The boy appeared "listless and blue in
the face," the coroner's report said.
(Greg-The end result is that the weighted blanket is in fact a
straight jacket. Should children be put into straight jackets? The
weighted jacket puts pressure on the lungs and the hood part of it
muffles sounds. The child was still having the paroxysms more than
likely and the fact the lungs were being crushed by the weights and
the hood was in place made the sounds harder to make and muffled what
sounds were made. This also hampers breathing and in this case it was
to the point the child died.)
The teacher called 911 and the school nurse tried to resuscitate
Gabriel. He was already in a deep coma, however, and died the next day
at Montreal's Ste. Justine Hospital.
The coroner's report cited suffocation as the probable cause of death.
"He was a very gentle boy," Gilles Poirier, Gabriel's father, said at
a news conference yesterday in Montreal.
"He was only 53 pounds. He was so small," Poirier said of his son.
"How can they wrap him up like that in a 40-pound blanket? How can
this treatment be tolerated?"
His wife, Isabelle Lépine, tried to comfort him as he cried.
"Sometimes he was loud, but he was never aggressive or violent. I just
don't understand how this happened," Poirier said, tears streaming
down his face.
When used under the guidance of an occupational therapist, weighted
blankets can be calming for autistic children, said Kathleen Provost,
executive director of the Autism Society of Canada.
"They have a therapeutic use and can be relaxing," she said.
(Greg-If this is true do the children seek out the blankets? Seems
like an archaic form of torture and the type of device usu. found in
asylums for the insane.)
Many autistic children respond positively to sensory stimulation like
touch, massage and weighted blankets.
(Greg-In general touch is considered a good thing for everyone :-)
Occupational therapists have found sensory stimulation is soothing to
autistic kids and sometimes produces better results than medication.
Although teachers at Marie Rivier had received training and guidelines
from occupational therapists about how to use weighted blankets, the
rules were not followed the day Gabriel died, the coroner's report
said.
Occupational therapists recommend blankets not be used as a form of
punishment. They are not to cover a child's head and ought to be loose
enough to be easily removed by the youngster.
(Greg-In this case the head was covered and that led to the death of
Gabriel Poirier. This is a case of criminal negligence causing death.)
In addition, the weight of the blanket should be in proportion to the
weight of the child, and he or she should be monitored at all times.
The government needs to protect vulnerable children like Gabriel, said
Jean-Pierre Ménard, the lawyer for the boy's parents.
"We're asking (Education) Minister (Michelle) Courchesne to implement
a legal framework to regulate how these children are handled."
(Greg-Seems like a good idea.)
Gabriel's parents plan to sue the Commission scolaire des Hautes
Rivières for compensation in the hope of preventing another tragedy,
Ménard added.
(Greg-Hope JHVH blesses your lawsuit because this should never have
happened.)
***@thegazette.canwest.com
© The Gazette (Montreal) 2008
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In her report, the coroner concluded the child's death was violent and
could have been avoided.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0t-8mlEzBr-Be8xUs5R3zfy9foQ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gabriel's father told a news conference yesterday that the report's
recommendations have only added to his family's grief they were
originally told the boy had died peacefully.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/446508
(Greg-The fact the ppl involved lied about the cause of death seems to
indicate they had a guilty conscience or were trying to cover up a
crime.)
The following is my sig file.:
We are awaiting the return of our JHVH in the flesh or his Son. His Son Yu'shua died on the cross for our sins, was resurrected and walked the earth for awhile then ascended unto Heaven. We await the Third Coming not the Second.
Scottish Quaker Robert Barclay-"The weighty Truths of God were neglected, and, as it were, went into Desuetude. ...
Who will be the last Coalition soldier to be maimed in Iraq?
Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and into Darfur.http://www.amnesty.ca/instantkarma/petition.php
Good luck to anyone trying to learn Hebrew. I am looking for a Hebrew-Gregorian calendar in both Hebrew and English lettering.
I am looking for my missing automobile. Left in the care of Low's Tire (Firestone) on King George Hwy which has since gone out of business. A man who claimed to be a tow truck driver named Jerry (sounded Black) called me and said he had it
but when I called him back he denied it. JVD-968 "89 Plymouth Reliant white with red interior. Devellis in lettering on the rear trunk. Contact me by email or the GRC if you are one of those ppl. Am looking for the address of Dave Reynolds and any info about him. He used to run Low's Tires and since he refuses to answer his email ***@telus.net I can only assume he is the person who stole my vehicle and the contents in it. I have talked to the new owners and they claim to know nothing.
3P3BK41D9KT921716 is the vin number. John Reynolds still has a valid email ***@telus.net but refuses to return my inquiries.Any info about this thief is appreciated.
I am also looking for various books and CD's that I have discovered missing. All are marked Greg Carr on the inside cover or somewhere in the CD booklet. $5 reward for each CD and for each book. Will pay $200 for info regarding how they disappeared because I honestly don't know.
u8m854p98su072q3l8chiss3t0lcr0***@4ax.com is a post of mine about the liar and police agent G. S.. It has been censored by Google Groups.