I honestly don't understand how everyone isn't screaming #StopTheShock at this very moment.
I don't understand it.
Yes there's other causes, of course there are.
I just don't understand how people are okay with literal torture.
I don't understand why ableds are heartless.
I honestly am not sure, with this account, that I can tweet about anything other than #StopTheShock at this point until something is out there on the news, out to a wider audience.
I'm just imagining the utter fear and helplessness autistic kids are feeling right now.
I'm imagining a kid accidentally wetting the bed and getting shocked in the middle of the night (actually happened).
I'm imagining a kid with a broken tooth being shocked for moaning in pain (actually happened).
& people are just going about their fucking lives. #StopTheShock
Autistic people, disabled people are too traumatized to even approach this subject, for reasons I mention above.
Abled people don't give enough of a shit to approach the subject, are worried they'll say the wrong thing, don't want to "speak for us." #StopTheShock
I'm telling you right now, we need someone to do something. Speak out about it. Right now. Do literally whatever you can to talk about it. I don't care who you are, I want this torture to stop. I want everyone to know how the US treats their disabled citizens. #StopTheShock
And if you are a licensed professional -
You are OBLIGATED to speak out against this. This is unconscionable.
You are obligated to do something.
If you are a mandatory reporter?
You better f*cking do something, because this is abuse.
If you have information that you think will help, please reach out to me. If you have a statement you want to write up for speech therapists, occupational therapists, doctors to sign, please reach out to me.
I'm not saying that all allistic people looked at it and scrolled on.. but 475 of them literally told me they didn't email people, on a poll (why would you even admit that tbh??)
Also, there are different levels of help:
1. sharing an article without the hashtag & saying WHAT? 2. sharing an article with the hashtag & saying WHAT? 3. Sharing the hashtag with a summary of what happened 4. Sharing the hashtag with a summary of what happened & action steps
" Comments may be submitted in writing via e-mail to IACCPublicInquiries@mail.nih.gov or using the web form at: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publi… by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 2, 2021. "
Still might be worth doing -
"Any written comments received after the 5:00 p.m. ET, Friday, July 2, 2021 may be provided to the Committee either before or after the meeting, depending on the volume of comments received and the time required to process them..."
Video with AuTeach, Lydia Brown, and Shain Neumeier talking about #StopTheShock , their involvement in the activism surrounding JRC, and what you can do to help.
The part I added I will tweet here so you can copy and paste into your message:
"I would also like you to push to ban the GED device that the FDA previously banned the use of, but has just been overturned by the D.C. Circuit Court." 1/3
"The Judge Rotenburg Center tortures autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities with this shock device.
The GED is abusive. Shocking autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities for not taking their coat off fast enough is abusive."
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"To learn more, please follow the #StopTheShock hashtag on twitter.
Please push the FDA to ban the GED device outright, and to prevent the restraint and abuse of all autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities in the US."
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