Writing a #StopTheShock Op-Ed
…being used to torture disabled people. Autistic people and people with other disabilities are being shocked. They are being shocked for things like: getting out of their chair, not taking…
March 18, 2019
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Take Action to #StopTheShock!
…electric shocks. These electric shocks are very painful. The JRC shocks people for small things like refusing to take off their jackets or stimming. People with disabilities and our allies…
March 26, 2024
“Prisoners of the Apparatus”: The Judge Rotenberg Center
…was shocked” (Ahern and Rosenthal 3). The behaviors that JRC considers punishable by shocking are also discovered by surveillance footage, with shocks then administered after the fact. Shock has even…
August 9, 2014
#StopTheShock: The Judge Rotenberg Center, Torture, and How We can Stop It
Action Center ➞ Issue Tracker ➞ Your Rights In School ➞ School Climate ➞ #StopTheShock Introduction Some schools use restraint and seclusion on people with disabilities. Some use aversives. All…
June 25, 2020
ASAN Endorses New York Bill to Stop The Shock
…stood with disability rights advocates to announce new legislation targeting facilities that practice electro-shock treatments on disabled children. For decades, disabled advocates have fought to end torture at the Judge…
May 4, 2022
#StopTheShock Update: Now is the time to take action!
…in the country still uses electric shocks this way, and the UN found the practice to be torture in 2013. The FDA banned this use of electric shocks in 2020,…
June 13, 2022
ASAN Welcomes Ban of Electric Shock Torture
Today, the Food and Drug Administration released their final ban on the electric skin shock devices used to torture children and adults with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center. The…
March 4, 2020
Statement on FDA Proposed Rule Banning Use of Electric Shock Devices
…violent aversives gain traction.[4] The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture has declared the use of electric shock as torture.[5] At ASAN, we believe that contingent electric shock – and…
April 22, 2016
ASAN Applauds the House for Passing a Bill To #StopTheShock
…shock devices at the Judge Rotenberg Center. For decades, disabled advocates have fought to end the use of electric shocks at the JRC. The inclusion of the ban language in…
June 13, 2022
Join Us for a Webinar: #StopTheShock 2024 Public Comments
…11th from 3:30 PM-4:40 PM ET, we will be holding a webinar called “StopTheShock 2024 Public Comments” This webinar covers information about: The JRC & #StopTheShock The Rulemaking Process Writing…
March 29, 2024