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Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism – Rewire.News | #stoptheshocks
The disability community wants to see devices that deliver electric shocks eliminated from the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. Source: Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism – Rewire.News
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Press Announcements > FDA proposes ban on electrical stimulation devices intended to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior (#STOPTHESHOCKS already)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a proposal to ban electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used for self-injurious or aggressive behavior because they present an unreasonable and substantial risk to public health that cannot be corrected or eliminated through changes to the labeling. Source: Press Announcements > FDA proposes ban on electrical stimulation devices…
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Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism – Rewire.News | #StopTheShocks
The disability community wants to see devices that deliver electric shocks eliminated from the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. Source: Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism – Rewire.News
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#STOPTHESHOCKS | FDA to ban use of electric shock devices to treat children <– what's the wait, ban it!
The FDA proposed banning the use of electric shocks that have been employed to treat children who are aggressive or prone to harming themselves. Source: FDA to ban use of electric shock devices to treat children
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Stop Autistic Abuse | Right Now an Autistic is being shocked as therapy, funded by US Tax Dollars. #AutisticsRise
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Cal Montgomery – CW: JRC, violence, death About a week ago, at…
CW: JRC, violence, deathAbout a week ago, at Carlton Palms, a for-profit facility for developmentally disabled people in Florida run by Bellwether Behavioral Health (formerly Advoserv), 26-year-old William James Lamson died, reportedly after head-banging. Mr. Lamson’s story is the kind that fuels support for the contingent electric shock and other practices at the Judge Rotenberg…
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Autistic Hoya: An Unholy Alliance: Autism Speaks and the Judge Rotenberg Center
Thoughts on disability justice, neurodiversity, intersectional activism from Lydia Brown, queer, autistic, east asian activist, writer, public speaker Source: Autistic Hoya: An Unholy Alliance: Autism Speaks and the Judge Rotenberg Center