Contacting your Members of Congress
…electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. 5 years ago, the FDA found that there is no way to use these devices without significant harm, and in 2016,…
March 18, 2019
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❄️ ASAN December Update ❄️
…fights this year won’t end on a high note. ASAN is outraged at the DC Circuit’s refusal to reconsider a court ruling that allows the Judge Rotenberg Center to continue…
December 28, 2021
Congress has Supported the FDA’s Right to #StopTheShock
…This is a direct result of your advocacy, whether that be meetings, calls, or emails, demanding that Congress take action to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. For decades,…
December 23, 2022
ASAN IACC Meeting Comments for January 18, 2023
…the Judge Rotenberg Center, the only place where the electric skin shock for behavior modification is still used, have intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism. The FDA has already banned…
February 1, 2023
Action Alert: Massachusetts residents, help Stop The Shock!
For years, the disability community has worked to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. While we work towards an FDA ban on the use of electric shocks, there is…
May 9, 2023
ASAN New England Testimony on Aversives by Sara Willig
…our rights as human beings to be taken seriously. Animals and criminals have more protections than those of us in the Judge Rotenberg Center. 42 USC 15009 SEC. 109. RIGHTS…
October 27, 2009
Joint Letter to the Massachusetts Conference Committee
…Report. For several years, Massachusetts has failed to pass a general and complete ban of this practice, which has allowed the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton to subject people with…
June 6, 2012
NFB Disability Law Symposium Keynote from ASAN President Ari Ne’eman
…whole lives in institutions – much less the many Americans with disabilities who still must suffer this segregation. They don’t know about the Judge Rotenberg Center or school abuse through…
May 8, 2009
Autistic Self Advocates and Allies Campaign for Electric Shock Ban
…aversive use such as that practiced at the Judge Rotenberg Center, which is at this point the only program in Massachusetts and in fact the world to use contingent electric…
June 22, 2012
Get your tickets for the 2022 Annual Gala!
…in use at the Judge Rotenberg Center. We will provide an update about the current legal and legislative status of the FDA ban and how our community can take action…
October 31, 2022