foryoublue94:

[Trigger Warning for abuse/violence, gay slurs, suicide, death]

So… a long time ago I read a book in which a girl’s mom sends her off to a “behavior modification school.” Not too long ago, I also watched the movie “Boot Camp” in which a similar thing happened. I didn’t really give it a lot of…

wwaspdiares:

Informative survivor blog including journal entries, detailed information about WWASP and other specialty programs for troubled teens, and documents of abuse and neglect.  Great resource to share stories and get involved!

In September 2009, after admitting to my parents that I was atheist, I was abruptly woken in the middle of the night by two strange men who subsequently threw me in a van and drove me 200 mi. to a facility that I would later find out serves the sole purpose of eliminating free thinking adolescents.

These places exist IN AMERICA, they’re completely legal, and they’re only growing. It’s the new solution for parents who have kids that don’t conform blindly to their religious and political views, let me explain: After the initial shock of what I thought was a kidnapping, it was explained to me that my parents had arranged for me to attend Horizon Academy (http://www.horizonacademy.us/) because I admitted to them that I was atheist and didn’t agree with a lot of their hateful views. Let me give you a detailed run-down of my experience here: To start off it’s a boarding school where there is literally no communication with the outside world, the people who work here can do anything they want, and the students can do absolutely nothing about it. The basic idea is that you’re not allowed to leave until you believably adopt their viewpoints and push them off on others. The minimum stay at these places is a year, an ENTIRE YEAR, that means no birthday, no christmas, no thanksgiving etc.; my stay lasted 2 years. The day to day functioning of this facility is based on a very strict set of rules and regulations: you eat what they give you, do what they tell you (often just pointless things just to brand mindless submission in your brain), and believe what they tell you to believe. Consequences for not adhering to these regulations include not eating for that day, being locked in small rooms for extended periods of time and the long term consequence of an extended stay. There’s a lot more detail and intricacies I could get into, but my main purpose was to spread awareness to the only group of people I feel like could do something about this. Feel free to ask me anything about my stay, I could go on for days about some of the ridiculous things I went through.

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Santorum sat on the board of UHS (Universal Health Services) from 2007-2011. During that time, children were horribly abused and neglected. UHS facilities have been the subject of DOJ & state authority investigations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-uhs-hospitals-patient-rights_n_1276403.html

Tonight’s show will surely be entertaining and touching.

It’s the last of a series of four shows hosted by Marcus Chatfield. His guests include Cyndy Etler, whose amazing book, Straightlings (http://cyndyetler.com/MyBook.html) is being published right now. She has a sparkling personality, her comments online always make me laugh, plus she is a caring and wonderful person.

Some of you will remember Marcus’ other guest, Chris Poole, from the first show in this series. Chris is both knowledgeable and hysterical; he is returning to share his own creative version of the history of Straight. Although there is nothing funny about it, it’s good to laugh when you can.

Both Chris and Cyndy were in Straight with Marcus. If you don’t know Marcus Chatfield, check out the clip: http://www.survivingstraightincthemovie.com/clips.cfm that features him in the Surviving Straight Inc. movie.

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Mon, 2/19, 5-7pm Eastern Time

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Don’t miss this powerful show, and if you do, the mp3 will be circulating ASAP!

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For info on next week’s show (Sat 2/25, 10pm ET) with Ricky Linder, see: http://www.reddit.com/r/troubledteens/comments/pwtgg/another_upcoming_opliberation_show_on_sat_225

Coming soon on OpLiberation radio: Jodi Helms-Hobbs of SIA (Survivors of Institutional Abuse). Date and time to be announced.

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Thank you to http://humanbeingbroadcasting.net and Kevin Allan for their ongoing donation of weekly airtime to OpLiberation & providing mp3’s of shows.

Super exciting line up on OpLiberation radio! Tonight’s show hosted by Marcus Morton Chatfield V will feature filmmakers exposing the troubled teen industry: Nick Gaglia, (Over the GW, Aaron Bacon, Altered States of Plaine) Kate Logan (Kidnapped For Christ), Chris Oroza and Andrew Penzner (Surviving Straight Inc.)

5-7pm Eastern Time. TONIGHT.

Listen & chat here: http://humanbeingbroadcasting.net/Opliberation.htm

Or listen on your smartphone: http://s5.voscast.com:7746/

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More info:

Nick Gaglia, including links to his full-length films: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ndtnu/iama_survivor_of_a_cultlike_teen_program_that

Kidnapped for Christ: http://www.KidnappedForChrist.com/

Surviving Straight Inc.: http://www.survivingstraightincthemovie.com/