…are shocked for years, even for longer than a decade in some cases. These shocks come from a remote-controlled backpack, called a Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED), which is attached to…
…Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a letter making clear that the use of the graduated electronic decelerator device and other Level III aversive techniques is prohibited for individuals receiving Medicaid-funded…
…Medicaid Services issued a letter making clear that use of the graduated electronic decelerator device, and other Level III aversive techniques, is prohibited for individuals receiving Medicaid- funded services. Advocates…
…unnecessary devices. In addition, in December 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a letter making clear that use of the graduated electronic decelerator device, and other Level…
…below the sample. For years, the disability community has worked to ban the graduated electronic decelerator (GED), a device that is used to torture of autistic people, and those with…
…which the staff was testing out two extra electrodes before placing them onto his arms. Upon hearing the sound of the Graduated Electronic Decelerator go off, Andre reacting with fear,…
…his arm that, at the time she believed to be burns from the use of the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED), but later described as bruises. The defense’s take on this…
…to reduce physical arousal to the images’ content. She clarified that she did not use the skin shock device used at JRC, the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED), stating that the…
…modifications to the Graduated Electronic Decelerators. These modifications have consistently increased the allowable voltage used to shock patients. In the hands of Judge Rotenberg Center staff, these GED devices deliver…
…the FDA should undertake further action to prevent the continued use of all Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED) devices on residents at the Judge Rotenberg Center. We recommend the immediate revocation…
