CEO of Unsilenced/ Fierce Youth Rights Advocate/ Troubled Teen Industry Industry Survivor
San Juan Capistrano, CA
Joined May 2013
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The Troubled Teen Industry
@unsilenced_now #breakingcodesilence #unsilenced #childabuse #youth
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Meg Appelgate retweeted
Trump wants to turn Head Start into a Dead End.
The plan? Tear down common sense regulations, cut funding, claim the program doesn't work, and eventually...get rid of it altogether.
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. Together, we can SAVE Head Start.
Omg thank god it worked!!! Wow!! Congratulations @ParisHilton! @unsilenced_now
I’ve been waiting years to write this. The place that hurt me, and countless children before and after me, will no longer be allowed to operate. The children inside are going to be removed 🥹The dream I’ve had to protect future generations from the abuse I endured is finally happening💔 #ShutDownPCS #Survivor
Meg Appelgate retweeted
In the absence of a globally accepted definition of LAST RESORT we have joined together to release our definition of this over used and little understood phrase.
Given the trauma, injury and deaths due to restraint use we hope that our definition will be widely accepted.
Meg Appelgate retweeted
Did you attend or work at Provo Canyon School? @unsilenced_now wants to hear your experiences. Fill out our survey to help our investigations into the facility! @ParisHilton
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#ProvoCanyonSchool #TroubledTeenIndustry #Unsilenced
Did you attend or work at Provo Canyon School? @unsilenced_now wants to hear your experiences. Fill out our survey to help our investigations into the facility! @ParisHilton
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#ProvoCanyonSchool #TroubledTeenIndustry #Unsilenced
Meg Appelgate retweeted
Her Parents Sent Her To A Mental Hospital. 😳
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They Strap You Down and Inject You With WHAT?! 😳
Continue watching the FULL episode with Meg Appelgate at 12:30 PM CST. @megappelgate
Meg Appelgate retweeted
“It’s prison straight up, there’s what we call the QR. It’s the quiet room. It’s a padded room with a door that locks from the outside and a bulletproof glass that’s this big. You misbehave, they take you down in a restraint. They pull down your pants, they stick a needle in your a** and shoot you up, and make you completely pass out. … If they didn’t calm down, the nurse would just come over, pull their pants down, and give them what we called booty juice.”
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Thank you for your support!
This one will be another must-watch. Thank you @ShawnRyan762 and @megappelgate for bringing this information to the public so survivors’ stories are heard. Time for a reckoning in the troubled teen industry. Parents pay attention 👀
Super honored to be featured on @ShawnRyan762 last month!
Meg Appelgate retweeted
The proprietors of a now-shuttered Southwest Missouri boarding school are facing a new lawsuit by a former student alleging trafficking across several states, coerced labor, isolation and sexualized punishment while she was underage. #moleg #mogov
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Well, would you look at that...I got my account back! 🙌 Now if @Meta would only give me my account back they stole for no reason, that'd be lovely...20 years of memories vanished. #metasucks #facebooksupport #help
Meg Appelgate retweeted
I notice a surprising lack of coverage into the tragic and very preventable death of Biruk Silvers. He was an innocent teen who spent his last months in an abusive Troubled Teen Industry "treatment program". They recklessly placed him on Lexapro against his parents wishes knowing it increases risk of suicide in the first few months. Worse of all, they could see his warning signs of suicide for months and did nothing. Shut down the facility, ban SSRI prescription to minors and increase safety standards for future facilities.
#JusticeForBirukSilvers
Meg Appelgate retweeted
This is Biruk Silvers. He was sent to #DiscoveryRanch for help. Instead, he lost his life.
Here's what we know:
🔹 Staff allegedly knew about dangerous games like “Space Monkey” but allowed them to continue.
🔹 His parents voiced concerns, but intervention came too late.
🔹 Biruk’s medication was recently changed, possibly impacting his mental and physical state.
Biruk deserved a safe space to heal. It’s time to hold the #TroubledTeenIndustry accountable. Share his story. Demand accountability. #JusticeForBiruk @ParisHilton @megappelgate
Thank you @NancyGrace for having me on #crimestories to spread awareness about this poor 12-year-old who died at #trailscarolina
#CrimeStories with Nancy Grace: Boy, 12, Dead After Just 24 Hours at Wilderness Boot Camp, Found Without Pants crimeonline.com/2024/03/08/c… via @crimeonlinenews
Meg Appelgate retweeted
We are thrilled that SB483 has passed through the California Senate! #ShineOnMax
Meg Appelgate retweeted
disabilityscoop.com/2024/02/… The Food and Drug Administration indicated that it will put forth a proposed rule to prohibit so-called electrical stimulation devices though it’s unclear when. The devices send electrical shocks through electrodes attached to the skin in order to condition people not to engage in self-injurious or aggressive behaviors. #StopTheShock
Meg Appelgate retweeted
It was wonderful to connect with @megappelgate from @unsilenced_now this week. They do incredible work and everyone should follow along and advocate for justice for the survivors of institutional abuse….and worse, it came under the disguise of #therapy.
#RevengeOfTheClients
Everyone should definitely vote!!
📊 Poll Question 📊
Do you believe that physiotherapists have enough medical knowledge and are qualified to assess the potential danger of restraint holds and their potential to cause death, serious physical, or psychological injury to children? #Physiotherapists #RestraintHolds #Qualifications
14%👍 Yes
86%👎 No
131 votes • Final results 2
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Meg Appelgate retweeted
Over this past weekend, our CEO @MegAppelgate, along with Elevations RTC survivor, Finn flew to Utah to meet his attorney, Alan Mortensen. On Monday they announced a lawsuit against Elevations RTC and Ryan Faust, Finn's therapist at Elevations RTC.
Today, both Meg and Finn met with Senator @mikemckellutah to discuss the need for further reform in Utah, and the systemic issues Utah facilities have historically had on youth. Unsilenced is incredibly thankful for what Senator McKell has done to advocate for the safer treatment of youth in Utah.
We see you, Finn. We see you survivor
