The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 6
…didn’t go off. They shocked him twice more – which Ms. McAuley said counted as the same shock – in an effort to make the GED actually have its effect…
April 26, 2012
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The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 5
…judgment to continue the use of electric shock on Andre, in that it had “seemed appropriate,” and that stopping the shocks could have reinforced his tensing up. Interestingly, she described…
April 25, 2012
ASAN, Disability Rights Organizations Call for Ban on Electric Skin Shock Devices
…in the United States, the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) of Canton, Massachusetts, uses contingent electric shock devices. However, one organization is too many. These shock devices often cause skin burns…
June 4, 2015
ASAN meets with FDA to #StopTheShock
…we shared our community’s concerns regarding the use of electric shock torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center and discussed next steps with FDA staff. ASAN staff, along with fellow disability…
June 5, 2018
Congress has Supported the FDA’s Right to #StopTheShock
…in history yet. The FDA must now ban the electric skin shock device again in order to #StopTheShock. ASAN calls upon the FDA to pass the rule banning the electric…
December 23, 2022
Find Your Local #StopTheShock Wait-In
On April 24th, 2014, the FDA held a hearing on the use of electric shock torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. After concluding that the JRC’s electric shock devices cannot…
March 18, 2019
Action Alert: grassroots efforts to #StopTheShock
…stop the shock. You can sign this petition in support of Bill H.225, which would ban aversive “treatments” like electric shocks. If you’re a resident of Massachusetts, you can write…
July 23, 2021
Senate Fails to #StopTheShock
ASAN is heartbroken and furious that the United States Senate has failed to ban the use of the electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center in their final…
September 28, 2022
Day of Action to #StopTheShock
The Day of Action to #StopTheShock was held on April 24th, 2019, the five-year anniversary of an FDA hearing that found the use of GED shocks at the Judge Rotenberg…
April 29, 2019
Action Alert: New York residents, help Stop The Shock!
…the JRC. The JRC is the only institution in the country to use electric shock devices for behavior modification on students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a practice which has…
May 4, 2022