[acb-hsp] Abuse at School for the Blind in Canada

[peter altschul]

Former student alleges abuse at W.  Ross MacDonald School

By QMI Agency

Posted 3 days ago

Work has begun on a proposed class action relating to alleged 
abuse of former students of the W.  Ross Mac- Donald School for 
the Visually Impaired and Deafblind in Brantford.

A media release says the case "involves allegations that the 
Ontario Crown failed to operate or supervise W.  Ross MacDonald 
so as to ensure the safety and well-being of its vulnerable 
students, most of whom lived in residence during the school year.  
It is alleged that those caring for the students at W.  Ross 
MacDonald often approached them with contempt, prejudice and 
indifference; they engaged in abusive conduct, often taking 
advantage of the visual disabilities of students."

The action was started by former student Robert Seed, who 
attended the school from 1954 to 1965.

The school is administered by the Provincial Schools Branch of 
the Ontario Ministry of Education.