…abuse taking place at the JRC: they are actively endorsing these practices. Materials for ABAI’s 2019 annual conference describe the JRC as a “treatment/educational program that is highly positive”, alongside…
…investigation into the JRC’s practices. The JRC’s founder, Matthew Israel, was forced to resign last year after facing charges for destroying video evidence of abuses of the GED electric shock…
…JRC. The next step in the fight to end the use of the electric shock devices is submitting public comments to the FDA in support of a ban. On April…
…UN has called them torture. The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts is the only institution in the country that makes and uses these devices. This rule would ban these…
…May 26 through Monday, May 30th, and we took over their conference hashtags, #ABAIBoston #ABAI2022, with the truth about the JRC and ABA. While ABAI has not renounced the JRC…
…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…
…rule will go into effect in 30 days. The JRC will have 180 days to transition people currently subject to this torture off of the devices. The Autistic Self Advocacy…
…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…
…long as the residents of the JRC, most of whom are disabled people of color, are in danger, our work is not done. We wanted to update you on next…
…has declared the use of electric shock as torture, and the U.S. Department of Justice initiated a civil rights investigation into the JRC’s practices. The JRC’s founder, Matthew Israel, was…
