The Lines Between Behaviour Therapy, Abuse, And Torture Are Very Thin And Very Blurry

The Judge Rotenberg “Educational” Centre tortures Autistic and Disabled people

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Positive update

I am happy to share that Section 722 did not pass, which means the FDA is still able to ban the use of electronic shock devices. Now we need to push to make that happen (again). #StopTheShock

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Trigger warning

This article discusses the use of electric shock on human beings. No graphic details are described, however the content may be upsetting for some — In fact, it should be upsetting for everyone.

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JRC Sue Me Too

A place called The Judge Rotenberg “Educational” Centre is suing a non-profit Autistic-led organization called Neuroclastic for sharing accurate, truthful information about the JRC’s use of electric shock on disabled and Autistic people as a form of “behaviour therapy”.

JRC uses “electric skin shock” (in their own words) to “punish” disabled and Autistic people who don’t perform the correct behaviour, and call this “treatment”.

They torture disabled and Autistic children as young as 5 years old.

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A brief and recent history

In 2010, Mental Disabilities Rights International urged the United Nations to step in and end the torture.

In 2020, the FDA banned the use of electric shock on human beings, a decision which JRC fought to overturn the following year (and won).

According to the JRC website, student tuition is funded by public school districts and various state agencies — they actually use the phrase “students are funded by”, as though the students are products rather than human beings, which seems to be how JRC views Autistic and disabled people.

JRC openly admits to using “electric skin shock” on people, they have even gone to court on multiple occasions in order to fight for the “right” to continue torturing people in this way.

If you need to shock someone with electricity in order for them to do what you’ve asked, then you clearly have zero skills. I worked for 10 years as a dog trainer (yes dogs, not human beings), worked with aggressive and challenging animals, and never once resorted to torturing them with shock.

I’ve worked in the social services and mental health fields for over twenty years, and never once have I hit or shocked a human being in order to gain compliance. I know there are hundreds of thousands of others who can safely say the same.

It’s unnecessary, it’s cruel and unusual, it’s torture. Full stop.