A long-awaited ban on electric shock devices used for “self-injurious” or “aggressive” behaviour may not come into effect until May 2026, with a government publication suggesting the US Food and Drug Administration will not be introducing its ‘final rule’ this month as previously stated.
FDA gives new date for electric shock device ban in apparent delay to ‘final rule’
A long-awaited ban on electric shock devices used for “self-injurious” or “aggressive” behaviour may not come into effect until May 2026, with a government publication suggesting the US Food and Drug Administration will not be introducing its ‘final rule’ this month as previously stated.
liamodell.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s Autistic People’s Month!
& we need to #StopTheShock !!
For over ten years the Judge Rotenberg Center in MA has housed Autistic people & utilizes wearable electric shock devices to control dangerous behaviors
Children are zapped for things like swearing
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of
& we need to #StopTheShock !!
For over ten years the Judge Rotenberg Center in MA has housed Autistic people & utilizes wearable electric shock devices to control dangerous behaviors
Children are zapped for things like swearing
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of
April 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
It’s Autistic People’s Month!
& we need to #StopTheShock !!
For over ten years the Judge Rotenberg Center in MA has housed Autistic people & utilizes wearable electric shock devices to control dangerous behaviors
Children are zapped for things like swearing
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of
& we need to #StopTheShock !!
For over ten years the Judge Rotenberg Center in MA has housed Autistic people & utilizes wearable electric shock devices to control dangerous behaviors
Children are zapped for things like swearing
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of
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#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
“For years, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good!” Here’s how YOU can take action!
March 29, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Are you familiar with #StopTheShock? This is ongoing and truly a horrific example of how agentic, profiteering business are consistently harming #autistic humans.
More here: stoptheshock.info/stoptheshock/
More here: stoptheshock.info/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock – #StopTheShock @ The Judge Rotenberg Center
stoptheshock.info
November 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Are you familiar with #StopTheShock? This is ongoing and truly a horrific example of how agentic, profiteering business are consistently harming #autistic humans.
More here: stoptheshock.info/stoptheshock/
More here: stoptheshock.info/stoptheshock/
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Umfangreichere Informationen zum Judge Rotenberg Center und die Elektroschocks finden sich auf meinem Blog.
#StopTheShock
Umfangreichere Informationen zum Judge Rotenberg Center und die Elektroschocks finden sich auf meinem Blog.
#StopTheShock
Die Folterschule für behinderte Kinder
Es ist der 13.7.2021, und auf Twitter explodiert die englischsprachige autistische Community gerade mit Beiträgen zu #StopTheShock. Es geht um systematische Menschenrechtsverletzungen am Judge Rotenbe...
verkopftundverzopft.wordpress.com
March 29, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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Umfangreichere Informationen zum Judge Rotenberg Center und die Elektroschocks finden sich auf meinem Blog.
#StopTheShock
Umfangreichere Informationen zum Judge Rotenberg Center und die Elektroschocks finden sich auf meinem Blog.
#StopTheShock
Details on what you can do to help #StopTheShock: autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
What's happening at the Judge Rotenberg Center? The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) is an institution in Massachusetts for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), men...
autisticadvocacy.org
September 18, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Details on what you can do to help #StopTheShock: autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
Also, das mal abgesehen von sowas Offensichtlichem wie den Elektroschocks, die im JRC immer noch Anwendung finden. #StopTheShock
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May 12, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Also, das mal abgesehen von sowas Offensichtlichem wie den Elektroschocks, die im JRC immer noch Anwendung finden. #StopTheShock
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Wait, is the FDA finally going to #StopTheShock, and make it illegal to use electric shocks to torture and traumatize autistic people for "infractions" as minimal as not putting on their coats? We shall see.
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA may finally make it illegal to shock autistic kids as punishment
The Trump administration put a Biden-era ban on ice. Will it end the practice at last?
www.motherjones.com
April 28, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Wait, is the FDA finally going to #StopTheShock, and make it illegal to use electric shocks to torture and traumatize autistic people for "infractions" as minimal as not putting on their coats? We shall see.
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#BanSeclusion
#BanReatraint
#StopTheShock
#BanTheirPain
Autistic abuse is child abuse. A child being autistic doesn’t make abusing them acceptable.
#BanReatraint
#StopTheShock
#BanTheirPain
Autistic abuse is child abuse. A child being autistic doesn’t make abusing them acceptable.
Flashback to 2019 when the incredible Sam Champion of Good Morning America stood in solidarity to protest with
@jenniagitator.bsky.social and @icarszoey.bsky.social
to protest abusive restraint and seclusion practices in schools and the "stop the shock" movement 🙌💙
@jenniagitator.bsky.social and @icarszoey.bsky.social
to protest abusive restraint and seclusion practices in schools and the "stop the shock" movement 🙌💙
November 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
#BanSeclusion
#BanReatraint
#StopTheShock
#BanTheirPain
Autistic abuse is child abuse. A child being autistic doesn’t make abusing them acceptable.
#BanReatraint
#StopTheShock
#BanTheirPain
Autistic abuse is child abuse. A child being autistic doesn’t make abusing them acceptable.
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#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
“For years, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good!” Here’s how YOU can take action!
Take Action to #StopTheShock! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for g...
autisticadvocacy.org
March 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
#StopTheShock
Es gibt einen neuen Anlauf, die Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die am Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) zur Bestrafung von Autisten und geistig Behinderten verwendet werden.
Der Graduated Electronic Decelerator besteht aus einer Batterie, die wie ein Rucksack getragen wird, und ...
Es dürfte ne Neuauflage von dem Dreck sein, der hier kritisiert wird.
autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock
autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock
#StopTheShock - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
What's happening at the Judge Rotenberg Center? People with disabilities, ASAN, and our allies are fighting to end the use of electric shock devices for behavior modification at the Judge Rotenberg Ce...
autisticadvocacy.org
December 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Es dürfte ne Neuauflage von dem Dreck sein, der hier kritisiert wird.
autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock
autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/
#StopTheShock
The FDA is once again trying to ban the use of shock devices used on autistic students at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Activists have spent years trying to #StopTheShock
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
Mass. school prevails despite decades of opposition to its use of shocks for therapy
Legislation has been shot down, and the JRC has prevailed in state and federal courts.
www.wcvb.com
May 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
The FDA is once again trying to ban the use of shock devices used on autistic students at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Activists have spent years trying to #StopTheShock
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
#AutismAcceptanceMonth #disabledsky
#StopTheShock
The fight to end the use of electric shock for behavior modification which is seen by many advocates as cruel and unusual punishment, has been going on for decades. Mother Jones has been consistently for close to 20 years covering this issue.
#StopTheShock
The fight to end the use of electric shock for behavior modification which is seen by many advocates as cruel and unusual punishment, has been going on for decades. Mother Jones has been consistently for close to 20 years covering this issue.
Wait, is the FDA finally going to #StopTheShock, and make it illegal to use electric shocks to torture and traumatize autistic people for "infractions" as minimal as not putting on their coats? We shall see.
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA may finally make it illegal to shock autistic kids as punishment
The Trump administration put a Biden-era ban on ice. Will it end the practice at last?
www.motherjones.com
April 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
#AutismAcceptanceMonth #disabledsky
#StopTheShock
The fight to end the use of electric shock for behavior modification which is seen by many advocates as cruel and unusual punishment, has been going on for decades. Mother Jones has been consistently for close to 20 years covering this issue.
#StopTheShock
The fight to end the use of electric shock for behavior modification which is seen by many advocates as cruel and unusual punishment, has been going on for decades. Mother Jones has been consistently for close to 20 years covering this issue.
I’d do what he says. 💚💛🎭🌪️🩲🤣
#BoycottAutismSpeaks. Dare to unmask. Even The Mask has to sometimes! 👍🏻🌈♾️
#TheMask #StanleyIpkiss #Animation #AutismAcceptance #TheMaskTheAnimatedSeries #TheMaskMovie #TheMask1994 @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social #BanThePuzzlePiece #StopTheShock #StopTheStigma
#BoycottAutismSpeaks. Dare to unmask. Even The Mask has to sometimes! 👍🏻🌈♾️
#TheMask #StanleyIpkiss #Animation #AutismAcceptance #TheMaskTheAnimatedSeries #TheMaskMovie #TheMask1994 @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social #BanThePuzzlePiece #StopTheShock #StopTheStigma
October 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I’d do what he says. 💚💛🎭🌪️🩲🤣
#BoycottAutismSpeaks. Dare to unmask. Even The Mask has to sometimes! 👍🏻🌈♾️
#TheMask #StanleyIpkiss #Animation #AutismAcceptance #TheMaskTheAnimatedSeries #TheMaskMovie #TheMask1994 @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social #BanThePuzzlePiece #StopTheShock #StopTheStigma
#BoycottAutismSpeaks. Dare to unmask. Even The Mask has to sometimes! 👍🏻🌈♾️
#TheMask #StanleyIpkiss #Animation #AutismAcceptance #TheMaskTheAnimatedSeries #TheMaskMovie #TheMask1994 @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social #BanThePuzzlePiece #StopTheShock #StopTheStigma
People are being tortured in Massachusetts, and we need your help to stop it. ASAN's video explains what #StopTheShock is and why it is important for you to submit public comments about it. It also shows you how to write and submit your public comment.
youtu.be/LOeAW728zZM?...
youtu.be/LOeAW728zZM?...
Submit a Comment to #StopTheShock !
This video explains what #StopTheShock is and why it is important for you to submit public comments about it. It also shows you how to write and submit your ...
youtu.be
May 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM
People are being tortured in Massachusetts, and we need your help to stop it. ASAN's video explains what #StopTheShock is and why it is important for you to submit public comments about it. It also shows you how to write and submit your public comment.
youtu.be/LOeAW728zZM?...
youtu.be/LOeAW728zZM?...
This has precedent. But fewer people cared when it was "just" autistic students.
autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
September 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This has precedent. But fewer people cared when it was "just" autistic students.
autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
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#StopTheShock
In mehreren Anläufen wurde schon versucht, die Bestrafung mit Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die trotz weltweitem Protest am Judge Rotenberg Center immer noch praktiziert wird.
Nun soll wohl bald eine Entscheidung fallen - ich hoffe, die richtige:
#StopTheShock
In mehreren Anläufen wurde schon versucht, die Bestrafung mit Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die trotz weltweitem Protest am Judge Rotenberg Center immer noch praktiziert wird.
Nun soll wohl bald eine Entscheidung fallen - ich hoffe, die richtige:
Wait, is the FDA finally going to #StopTheShock, and make it illegal to use electric shocks to torture and traumatize autistic people for "infractions" as minimal as not putting on their coats? We shall see.
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
TY @juliametraux.bsky.social for the reporting:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA may finally make it illegal to shock autistic kids as punishment
The Trump administration put a Biden-era ban on ice. Will it end the practice at last?
www.motherjones.com
April 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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#StopTheShock
In mehreren Anläufen wurde schon versucht, die Bestrafung mit Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die trotz weltweitem Protest am Judge Rotenberg Center immer noch praktiziert wird.
Nun soll wohl bald eine Entscheidung fallen - ich hoffe, die richtige:
#StopTheShock
In mehreren Anläufen wurde schon versucht, die Bestrafung mit Elektroschocks zu verbieten, die trotz weltweitem Protest am Judge Rotenberg Center immer noch praktiziert wird.
Nun soll wohl bald eine Entscheidung fallen - ich hoffe, die richtige:
“I never want anyone to suffer this type of abuse, which is why I’ve dedicated my life to advocating against it.”
#StopTheShock
enough is enough
#StopTheShock
enough is enough
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“I never want anyone to suffer this type of abuse, which is why I’ve dedicated my life to advocating against it.”
#StopTheShock
enough is enough
#StopTheShock
enough is enough
Every single tweet about ICE’s new shock gloves reminds me of the DECADES disability activists have spent fighting to get the Judge Rotenberg Center to stop shocking disabled children and I am so tired of screaming.
adapt.org/jrc/
adapt.org/jrc/
August 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Every single tweet about ICE’s new shock gloves reminds me of the DECADES disability activists have spent fighting to get the Judge Rotenberg Center to stop shocking disabled children and I am so tired of screaming.
adapt.org/jrc/
adapt.org/jrc/
Some background autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
#StopTheShock: The Judge Rotenberg Center, Torture, and How We can Stop It - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Introduction Some schools use restraint and seclusion on people with disabilities. Some use aversives. All three are very dangerous! On this page, we will talk a lot about aversives. Aversives are a ...
autisticadvocacy.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Some background autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
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#StopTheShock
Alle Blog-Beiträge auf meiner Seite, in denen es u.a. auch um das Judge Rotenberg Center geht:
#StopTheShock
Alle Blog-Beiträge auf meiner Seite, in denen es u.a. auch um das Judge Rotenberg Center geht:
Judge Rotenberg Center – Verkopft und verzopft
Beiträge über Judge Rotenberg Center von verkopftundverzopft
verkopftundverzopft.wordpress.com
April 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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#StopTheShock
Alle Blog-Beiträge auf meiner Seite, in denen es u.a. auch um das Judge Rotenberg Center geht:
#StopTheShock
Alle Blog-Beiträge auf meiner Seite, in denen es u.a. auch um das Judge Rotenberg Center geht:
In case anybody’s not aware, autistic kids are getting shocked as “treatment” (punishment/torture) to this day. autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
#StopTheShock: The Judge Rotenberg Center, Torture, and How We can Stop It - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Introduction Some schools use restraint and seclusion on people with disabilities. Some use aversives. All three are very dangerous! On this page, we will talk a lot about aversives. Aversives are a ...
autisticadvocacy.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
In case anybody’s not aware, autistic kids are getting shocked as “treatment” (punishment/torture) to this day. autisticadvocacy.org/actioncenter...
Had a great time tonight presenting to our friends at the Stop the Shock Coalition. #EndSeclusion #StopTheShock
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Had a great time tonight presenting to our friends at the Stop the Shock Coalition. #EndSeclusion #StopTheShock