Day of Action to #StopTheShock
The Day of Action to #StopTheShock was held on April 24th, 2019, the five-year anniversary of an FDA hearing that found the use of GED shocks at the Judge Rotenberg…
April 29, 2019
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Action Alert: New York residents, help Stop The Shock!
…the JRC. The JRC is the only institution in the country to use electric shock devices for behavior modification on students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a practice which has…
May 4, 2022
Find Your Local #StopTheShock Wait-In
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…
March 18, 2019
Action Alert: grassroots efforts to #StopTheShock
…stop the shock. You can sign this petition in support of Bill H.225, which would ban aversive “treatments” like electric shocks. If you’re a resident of Massachusetts, you can write…
July 23, 2021
Senate Fails to #StopTheShock
ASAN is heartbroken and furious that the United States Senate has failed to ban the use of the electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center in their final…
September 28, 2022
The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 7
…obtaining authorization to use more than ten shocks, and then more than thirty shocks, on a student in one day. Namely, it established a requirement for clinical approval to go…
April 28, 2012
☀️ ASAN June Update ☀️
…power to ban electric shock torture. Take action today to #StopTheShock! ASAN’s Board of Trustees announced that Colin Killick will be stepping into the role of Executive Director beginning November…
June 30, 2024
⛄ASAN January Update ⛄
…learn about how to fundraise for all the other upcoming races here. The disability community has been working to #StopTheShock at the JRC for over 10 years! Congress told the…
January 31, 2024
ASAN Denounces Court Ruling on Electric Skin Shock
…skin shock device used on people with disabilities. These devices, which the United Nations has recognized as torture, involve causing severe pain in an attempt to control behavior and are…
July 6, 2021
🦖ASAN April Update🦖
…give money to, and important dates for this program — check it out here. Our community has been fighting to #StopTheShock for many years, and we have an opportunity to…
April 30, 2024