Thread by @thinkingautism

The JRC says that they need to use [electric shocks] on the people who live there because they struggle with aggression
and self-injury. But the JRC is the only place in the U.S. that uses electric shocks to punish people with disabilities.

#ABAIBoston #ABAI2022 #StopTheShock 1/

In 2013, @UN put out a report calling the use of the GED “torture”. The @US_FDA (which decides what kinds of medical
treatments can be used on people) put out a report 5 yrs ago that said the GED should be
banned. It still hasn’t happened. This is wrong.

#ABAIBoston #ABAI2022 2/

@UN @US_FDA Yet the ABAI (Association for Behavioral Analysis International, the governing body of ABA practitioners) is letting the JRC defend the “ethics” of this torture of disabled people at its conference going on RIGHT NOW. This is unacceptable.

#ABAIBoston #ABAI2022 #StopTheShock 3/

@UN @US_FDA Please let the ABAI know that defending the JRC (Judge Rotenberg Center) is trying to rationalize torture of ppl with disabilities, when NO OTHER PLACE in the U.S. uses this approach. RT this thread drawn from @autselfadvocacy materials, or tweet w/ #ABAIBoston #ABAI2022. TY. 4/

@UN @US_FDA @autselfadvocacy For more information (and tweet materials), see @autselfadvocacy’s specific call to action on
#ABAIBoston #ABAI2022:

autisticadvocacy.org/2022/05/action…

And also ASAN's #StopTheShock fact sheet on the inhumanity of the JRC’s torture of its disabled residents:

autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/upl…
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