Shock Treatment: Ban Proposed for School's 'Electrical Stimulation'

Apr 25, 2014 22:04


A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended banning devices that deliver electric shocks to kids and adults with autism and other developmental disorders, taking aim at a school where the shocks are given to students with special needs.

Such “electrical stimulation devices” were used at the Judge Rotenberg Education Center, a ( Read more... )

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jesidres April 28 2014, 20:38:48 UTC
As someone currently becoming a Special Ed teacher in MA, there is a lot of deliberate misinformation that the school puts out to keep being able to do this ( ... )

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