Tag: Stop The Shock
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Urgent Call to Action: Support Bill H.245 to Stop the Shock in Massachusetts!
Massachusetts families and advocates urgently need your voice to end the use of abusive “therapy” — including electric shock, forced restraints, food deprivation, and more — on disabled children and adults. On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 (1–5pm), the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities will hold a public hearing on Bill H.245,…
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Comment to the FDA: Proposal To Ban Electrical Stimulation Devices for Self-Injurious or Aggressive Behavior
The Alliance Against Seclusion & Restraint strongly supports the proposed ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs), including the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED) used at The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC) in Caton, Massachusetts. The JRC is the only facility in the United States that uses these harmful devices to deliver painful electrical shocks to the skin…