The full letter is available as a PDF here. July 8, 2024 Honorable Members of the House Appropriations Committee Dear Representative: We, the undersigned, engage in advocacy and education on…
…on at the state level. In New York, the state legislature has reintroduced a bill that would stop the state from sending any more people to the JRC. In Massachusetts,…
…ICF. We can stop building new ones. We can stop the shocks at the JRC. We can support people with disabilities to make our own choices, control our own homes,…
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…
People with disabilities are being tortured at the JRC by electric shock devices known as Gradual Electronic Decelerators (GED). The FDA has had a final rule to ban these devices…
…room that long – sensory issues and hearing people casually discuss/dehumanize their children. One Rep dragged in his nephew who’s a student at JRC. It was exploitative, like a freak…
…regulations passed despite strong opposition from the JRC lobby at both public hearings on the regulations during the summer. ASAN continues to support Disability Rights International (DRI), the author of…
…the ban on JRC’s use of skin shock devices in the end of year omnibus bill. Join us for a virtual Hill Day one week from today on Wednesday, Dec….
…help close the Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts. She spoke of the atrocities that occur within those walls, the deaths of individuals who were placed in the JRC, and how…
…DC Circuit’s Denial of Rehearing in JRC Case For Whose Benefit?: Evidence, Ethics, and Effectiveness of Autism Interventions Take ASAN’s 2021 Community Survey! Statement on Updated Autism Diagnosis Numbers …
