The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 7
…obtaining authorization to use more than ten shocks, and then more than thirty shocks, on a student in one day. Namely, it established a requirement for clinical approval to go…
April 28, 2012
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⛄ASAN January Update ⛄
…learn about how to fundraise for all the other upcoming races here. The disability community has been working to #StopTheShock at the JRC for over 10 years! Congress told the…
January 31, 2024
ASAN Denounces Court Ruling on Electric Skin Shock
…skin shock device used on people with disabilities. These devices, which the United Nations has recognized as torture, involve causing severe pain in an attempt to control behavior and are…
July 6, 2021
🦖ASAN April Update🦖
…give money to, and important dates for this program — check it out here. Our community has been fighting to #StopTheShock for many years, and we have an opportunity to…
April 30, 2024
❤️ASAN February Update ❤️
…since, people with disabilities have continued to suffer from painful and dangerous electric shocks. Keep up with the fight to #StopTheShock, learn what you can do, and keep an eye…
February 29, 2024
ASAN IACC Meeting Comments for January 18, 2023
…the FDA to re-ban skin shocks. The use of skin shocks has been condemned as torture by the United Nations Special Rapportuer on Torture. The adults on this device at…
February 1, 2023
ASAN Letter to FDA on Banning Electric Shock Devices
…disabilities have continued to suffer from painful and dangerous electric shocks. We urge you to take action now to end this abuse. Concerned citizens and advocacy organizations first wrote to…
April 23, 2018
ASAN, 243 Other Orgs Urge FDA to #StopTheShock
…almost five years since a panel of experts recommended that they be banned, children and adults with disabilities have continued to suffer from painful and dangerous electric shocks. We are…
March 6, 2019
The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part One
…screaming, in anticipation of or response to shocks or restraints, while the other shock he received was for failure to remove his coat. A number of the shocks that Andre…
April 16, 2012
Joint Letter to the Massachusetts Conference Committee
…would ban the shocks, professionals with expertise in developmental and intellectual disabilities testify about the ineffectiveness of electric shock and the myriad options for addressing problematic behavior other than electric…
June 6, 2012