Occupy Judge Rotenberg Center

Occupy JRC To ProtestJune 2 To End Skin Shocks At Judge Rotenberg Center

(Canton Patch)
May 29, 2012

CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS– [Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express] Occupy JRC will hold a peaceful protest against the Judge Rotenberg Center, scheduled for Saturday, June 2 from 12pm to 4pm. Location to be announced.

The Judge Rotenberg Center is the only place in the country to use aversives, including remotely controlled, painful electric skin shocks to change behavior in children with autism, developmental delays and/or psychiatric diagnoses.

The school has survived a move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts, multiple lawsuits, and the forced resignation of its founder and former Director, Matthew Israel. Most recently, the Judge Rotenberg Center hit the airwaves on a national level when the facility was required to release previously suppressed videotapes of former student, Andre McCollins being restrained face down for over seven hours and shocked 31 times after he refused to take off his jacket.

Occupy JRC will host the protest in Canton, time and place to be announced, and plans to include a march as a part of the day’s events.

Entire article:
Protest Slated For June 2 to End Shock Therapy At The Judge Rotenberg Center
http://tinyurl.com/ide0529122a
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Judge Rotenberg Center case on Anderson Cooper today (Fox)
http://tinyurl.com/ide0529122c
Join ASAN Seattle in Protesting the Judge Rotenberg Center at the ABAI Convention! (Autistic Self Advocacy Network)
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Petition: Make the Call! Stop the Torture of Special Needs Children in Massachusetts (Change.org)
http://tinyurl.com/ide0529122e
Petition to Ban Shock Treatment at Mass. School Delivered to State Lawmakers (Youth Today)
http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=5309
Judge Rotenberg Center — Facility Uses Electric Shock To Change Behavior (Inclusion Daily Express Archives)
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/institutions/ma/jrc.htm