Action August
…ban on electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. As long as the residents of the JRC, most of whom are disabled people of color, are in danger,…
July 30, 2021
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Your voice is needed for Action August!
…ban on electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. As long as the residents of the JRC, most of whom are disabled people of color, are in danger,…
August 2, 2021
ASAN welcomes removal of harmful appropriations bill rider
…devices at the JRC for over a decade, and we will not be ignored. Your calls, along with the hundreds of public comments sent in support of the FDA’s proposed…
July 11, 2024
🏖️ ASAN July Update 🏖️
…Agencies funding bill. This provision would have prohibited the FDA from banning the electric shock devices used at the JRC. We joined CCD in urging the House of Representatives to…
July 31, 2024
Call for Action to End the Judge Rotenberg Center and Aversives
…Rotenberg Center (JRC): “Students wear the GED device [the device that delivers the electric shock] for the majority of their sleeping and waking hours, and some students are required to…
October 12, 2009
ASAN Denounces Court Ruling on Electric Skin Shock
…only used at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC), an institution in Massachusetts. The disability community has fought for decades against the use of skin shocks on our people. Last year,…
July 6, 2021
Congress has Supported the FDA’s Right to #StopTheShock
…disabled advocates have fought to end the use of electric shocks at the JRC. ASAN is relieved to see that, after years of relentless advocacy by the disability community, Congress…
December 23, 2022
ASAN Endorses New York Bill to Stop The Shock
…Rotenberg Center. Andre’s Law, which will stop any more New Yorkers from being sent to the JRC, is a critical step towards closing this dangerous and abusive institution for good….
May 4, 2022
ASAN IACC Meeting Comments for January 18, 2023
…the use of electric skin shock as used at the JRC once, saying that they “determined that these devices present an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury.” We…
February 1, 2023