ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion)
@ICARSBanRandS
Family, survivor and neurodivergent led advocacy to end restraint, seclusion and institutional abuses of children. #AgainstRestraint
When we say ICARS works with and alongside the disabled community, we mean it. Some of our team members are disabled and/or neurodivergent. If you're reaching out, please remember that the person responding may communicate differently — and that’s not just accepted here, it’s…
This is a terrifying executive order with significant implications for the hard won rights and freedoms of people with disabilities, including physical and intellectual disabilities. #DisabilityisNotACrime
A new Executive Order threatens decades of civil rights progress by promoting forced institutionalization of people with disabilities. Read our full statement: ndrn.org/resource/natio… @BazelonCenter @public_rep @NHeLP_org @DREDF @TheArcUS
As August nears, U.S. legislative groundwork is already underway across the country. As many of us know, summer and autumn are when key decisions are made, bill language is shaped, coalitions are built, and momentum takes hold. Here’s to everyone pushing forward for the 2026…
#FF time! 🎉 @EleshaJD @AndyDRC @ICARSBanRandS @SenSaraGelser @SerenaFreeHer1 @KEVales3697 @sandinistaoliva @PrisonSouth @DavidLeegarlock @WillDobud @glennEmartin @itscarolinecole @JayRuderman @MRFIVEINC @SecondWound @ShawnWeneta @adopteelaw @WeWarnedThem @tylerkingkade
It has come to our attention that the ICARS Report England has been cited in recent government consultation responses alongside calls to implement Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) in schools. To be clear: The authors did not contact ICARS, nor did they accurately represent the…
How restraint in schools is traumatising children with SEND and injuring teachers inews.co.uk/news/restraint…
Pupils traumatised by restraint in schools failed by 'wishy washy' guidance inews.co.uk/news/education…
Children ‘at risk of harm’ in SEND schools charging taxpayer fees of up to £116k (Febuary 2025) inews.co.uk/news/education…
Reading the responses from new families completing our latest survey never gets easier. What continues to be done to young disabled children in the name of education is unconscionable. Young disabled children being punished for their needs. They’ve been placed in booths,…
We love this, Will — and we’re so glad to be in community with you. Your work continues to challenge the systems that fail kids and uplift the ones that truly support them. From all of us at ICARS, thank you. 🙏📚 #KidsTheseDays #YouthMentalHealth #AgainstRestraint
The updated book cover looks good with #BrucePerry's endorsement on the front cover.
itv.com/news/meridian/… 📣 Nearly 500 pupils have left Ark Alexandra Academy in Hastings in just three years — many before finishing their education. Staff say they were expected to hand out 25 detentions a week, even for things like “not walking close enough to the wall.” One…
