Thursday, April 17, 2008

Judge Rotenburg "Educational Centre" an Abu Graihb for Autistics and other people with Disabilities

The "Educational Centre" involves aversives the worst being electric shocks for Autistics:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/school_of_shock.html School of Shock - Mother Jones - By Jennifer Gonnerman - August 20, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/17/showdown_over_shock_therapy/ Bill will limit, not ban, shock therapy - Boston Globe - Patricia Wen, Globe Staff - January 17, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/nagging_zap_swearing_zap.html Nagging? Zap. Swearing? Zap: New York's Invesitigations of the Rotenberg Center - Mother Jones - By Jennifer Gonnerman - August 20, 2007
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/why_cant_mass_shut_matthew_israel_down.html Why can't Massachussets shut Matthew Israel Down - Mother Jones - By Jennifer Gonnerman - August 20, 2007
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/how_a_cult_spawned_the_tough_love_teen_industry.html The Cult that Spawned the Tough Love Teen Industry - Mother Jones - By Maia Szalavitz - August 20, 2007
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/experts_on_matthew_israels_methods.html Experts on Self-Injurious Kids Challenge Dr. Israel's Methods - Mother Jones - By Jennifer Gonnerman - August 20, 2007
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/non_shocking_therapy.html What Works for Troubled Teens? - Mother Jones - By Maia Szalavitz - August 20, 2007
More about Autism:
http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2006/04_30/3_patients_practice05_8.html "We don't need to be cured", says Autistics - National Review of Medecine - Gillian Woodford
Stuff by the Judge Rotenburg "Education Centre":
http://www.judgerc.org/ Judge Rotenburg "Education Centre"
http://www.judgerc.org/history.html The "History" of the Judge Rotenburg "Education Centre"

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