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ASAN Statement on Abuse of the Land Twins and recent Washington Post coverage

July 29, 2014 | JuliaBascom

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is deeply concerned by both the recent case of abuse in Rockville, Maryland and the Washington Post’s reprehensible article calling the abuse of autistic adults the “least bad” decision for families.

For the last six years, the children of Janice and John Land allegedly lived in a locked basement with no furniture, no working lights and only a single blanket on a bare tile floor. Left without access to a bathroom, the twins – now 22-years old – were covered in their own feces and urine. The basement was padlocked and deadbolted from the outside, leaving the children with no means of escape in the event of a fire or other emergency. The parents, who continue to show no remorse and maintain they engaged in no wrongdoing, have been charged with two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult and two counts of false imprisonment. ASAN calls on the Montgomery County prosecutor’s office to prosecute [...]

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