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Archive for the ‘Civil Rights’ Category

ASAN: URGENT! Ask Your Senators to Support a Ban on Aversives!

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has called an urgent action alert to call for the ban of aversives in the state of Massachusetts, home of the Judge Rotenberg Center. Residents of Massachusetts can call their state senators and support legislation that could stop the use of aversives. Ask Your Senators for a Ban on Aversives [...]

ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts!

Friday, May 18th, 2012

This action alert is from ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts! Tomorrow, May 18th, 2012, Massachusetts State Senator Brian Joyce will be filing two amendments to the Senate Ways & Means Budget currently pending in the Massachusetts State Senate. One of these amendments calls for a complete ban of aversives – also [...]

The MA State Senate: Please Stop Painful Electric Shocks on Students at JRC in Massachusetts!

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A petition is hosted on Change.org: The MA State Senate: Please Stop Painful Electric Shocks on Students at JRC in Massachusetts! The Judge Rotenberg Center uses electric shocks as part of their program for some of the students in their care. The JRC is not allowed to use these aversives on new students, but still [...]

Judge Rotenberg Center: Teen tied and shocked for hours; mom calls it “torture”

Monday, February 20th, 2012

From a tip by Massachusetts Students United Against The Judge Rotenberg Center (A Facebook group) comes this story at Fox News in Boston: Teen tied and shocked for hours; mom calls it “torture” (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Video of a disabled teen tied down and given painful electric shocks for seven hours should be [...]

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