FDA #STOP THE SHOCK #WE ARE STILL WAITING
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We’ll be taking action on April 24th, the 5th anniversary of the FDA hearing on the harmful effects of the GED. We need you to join us to make calls, write emails, send letters, host events and spread the word. We’re starting now. Check out our campaign page to learn what YOU can do to let the FDA know: we won’t stop til they #StopTheShock!
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To think that an institution purposefully inflicts maximum physical pain as a Lovaas-ABA-like aversive for the purpose of "correcting" autistic behaviors sickens the mind. If electric shocks are strong enough, they can stop the heart and kill someone. The JRC has already killed some people being "treated" there, presumably either by this or by asphyxiation caused by physical restraint.
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I agree with all the above opinions, but if I may play devil's advocate for a moment, what WOULD you recommend for a patient who poses an aggression threat to himself or others?
I knew a mom who was being brutalized* by her late-teens autistic son. It happens.
*beaten up, bones broken
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I would say use restraints, but with CAUTION. Improper restraint techniques have been shown to cause serious injury or death at times (e.g. placing an person who poses a physical threat to himself or others in a prone position could potentially asphyxiate him). Only use restraints as a last-resort option.
Otherwise, I would try to find the source/cause of the aggression and deal with it.
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I knew a mom who was being brutalized* by her late-teens autistic son. It happens.
*beaten up, bones broken
Find out WHY they are being aggressive in the first place.
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Today is the designated day
https://autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
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Demonstrators protest electric shock "therapy" used at Canton facility
This time demonstrators took their case to Washington, where some of those protestors were arrested.
The outrage over this treatment is something we have been following for years.
Demonstrators say children and adults who go to the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton are forced to wear a device, which delivers electric shocks as a form of punishment.
Wednesday afternoon, disability rights advocates demonstrated outside of the Department Of Health and Human Services. They want the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of electric shock devices on people with disabilities.
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