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01 May 2016, 7:34 am

FDA Moves To Ban Shock Devices Used On Those With Special Needs


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01 May 2016, 11:57 am

yea i read that today


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01 May 2016, 1:41 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:


Good.


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01 May 2016, 2:32 pm

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02 May 2016, 3:20 pm

Instructions on how to write a comment on the FDA portal and ASAN suggested script


Tell the FDA: Ban Electric Shock Torture of People with Disabilities

On April 22, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule to ban the use of electrical shock devices such as those used at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. ASAN has issued a statement with more information here. The FDA is currently taking public comments on the proposed rule.

ASAN is preparing its own comments, but we also need all self-advocates and allies to submit your own public comments! The JRC’s supporters will undoubtedly be submitting comments of their own; it is crucial that the voices of self-advocates, our allies, and all those who oppose the inhumane use of electric shock to control the behavior of people with disabilities be heard. We need to send the message that these shock devices cause real harm and are never “medically necessary.”

To comment:

1. Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov

2. Enter the docket number FDA-2016-N-1111

3. Follow the instructions to submit a comment.

4. You may also submit written public comment by mail to:

The Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration

5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061

Rockville, MD 20852.

We need your help to make sure that this proposed rule becomes an actual rule with real power. Below, we have some suggested language and scripts you can use in your public comments.

We can end the use of electric shock torture against people with disabilities in the United States. But we can’t do it without you. SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.

Suggested Script:

[I, Name,] strongly urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with their proposed ban of electrical stimulation devices (ESD)s. Devices that deliver painful electric shocks pose an unreasonable and substantial risk of harm and have been the cause of incredible pain and suffering for people with disabilities. Their use is condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.

The FDA is allowed ban any medical device if it finds that the device presents a substantial and unreasonable risk of illness or injury. As the FDA notes in the proposed rule, there are and there have been countless adverse effects, both psychological and physical, of the use of these devices. There is no evidence that they are a valid or effective treatment. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the nation’s leading organization run both by and for Autistic people, has heard many firsthand accounts from people with disabilities who have had ESDs used on them. They report nightmares, overwhelming fear and anxiety, and traumatic memories associated with the use of these devices. Some have later developed psychiatric disabilities such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We have also seen records and videos from the only facility known to use the devices in the United States, the Judge Rotenberg Center, showing that these devices have frequently been used to abuse Judge Rotenberg Center residents. Although these devices can cause severe injuries, trauma, and distress even when used as intended, the potential for abuse poses yet another substantial and unreasonable risk.

[Write why the FDA’s ban is important to you in a few sentences to a paragraph here. The FDA may discard your comments without this.]

I therefore urge the FDA to ban these harmful devices without further delay and their use in the United States.

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America does not use these devices on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay yet we use them on disabled teenagers. How on earth is bieng treated like a lab rats or cattle supposed to help the disabled? What the prisoners at these places are being shown is that we value them less then hardened terrorists. It tells Autistic people like myself, all developmentally and intellectually disabled Americans that we as a society think you are less human then enemy combatants.

FDA stop sanctioning this torture.


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03 May 2016, 5:41 am

Autism Speaks supports the ban

Curious in that as recently as two years ago Autism Speaks let the Judge Rotenburg Center that "one educational center" mentioned in their statement have a booth at thier fair. It should be noted that the only aversive treatments they oppose is painful ones.

In any case it is a good thing to have the wealthiest and most well known of autism organization saying this.

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Painful aversive conditioning has no place in the treatment of autism or any developmental disorder. Autism Speaks applauds the FDA’s proposed ban on electrical stimulation devices, particularly their use with children and adults with developmental disabilities that prevent them from communicating their pain, their needs and their consent to such treatment.


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