…of course be implemented. But on their own, they are a shockingly insufficient response to the deaths of eleven children. The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned that this is the…
…is also a defendant in the lawsuit, has taken multiple controversial positions on the rights of children with disabilities, including his defense of the use of electric shocks to modify…
…Speaks has promoted the Judge Rotenberg Center, a Massachusetts facility under Department of Justice and FDA investigation for the use of painful electric shock against its students. The Judge Rotenberg…
…finalized the regulation ending the use of shock devices at the Judge Rotenberg Center, an advocacy victory that many thought was impossible. We are not powerless in this moment, and…
…end to the abusive yet shockingly pervasive practices of restraint and seclusion. For the last four years, advocates have attempted to pass federal law that would limit the use of…
…buy in to the associative meanings of words, so she doesn’t care that the R-word has been downgraded to shock-value-level offensive in the culture at large. Again we have the…
…and to minimum wage going forward. “Many people are shocked when they find out that it is legal to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage,” said Samantha Crane,…
