Horrified this is even allowed. It is so awful to think a place like this exists in this day and age. I don't care how well funded it is. It's a disgrace.

As a loving mother to an autistic child I am horrified to find out that shock treatments are legally being done to children and what's worse to disabled children. This "school" should not only be immediately closed down, but the people promoting this torture need to be put in prison, and the disabled children and adults immediately freed.

Stop torturing and abusing and detaining people without crime, charge or trial for their disabilities.

abusive and torturous treatment needs to stop

As an autistic person I can tell you that I do not enjoy being shocked and tortured.

Patience and love is the best way.

Close it!

Signing to help make a difference.

Shut this down!

Which century are we living in?

It is long past time for this sickening place to be shut down.

This place really needs to be held accountable for their actions! It disgusts me that they have gotten away with abuse thanks to the help of their pal Ol' Benny Franklin McBribe

Would you torture your own children? Of course not. Save the victims of JRC Torture!

This article was written years ago, yet those helpless terrified kids continue to be tormented 24 hours a day! Not a damn thing has been done. It’s been 5 years since the UN condemned the JRC for torturing disabled children. Yet the abuse and shocks continue. Judge Rotenberg Center. 40 years of torturing disabled children. 6 murdered children. Video and audio proof of burns, wounds, taunts, laughing, mocking, starvation, electrocution, chemical torture, assault, rape, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, food deprivation, medical deprivation. Multiple eye witness accounts by reporters, staff, and former concentration “school” survivors. International condemnation. U.N. condemnation of this child-torture. Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity. Destruction of evidence, coverup of criminal child abuse, flight from justice by it’s founder. Why haven’t all these defenseless children been liberated? Why hasn’t this hell-hole of Sadistic depravity been closed down? Where is the Swat Team? Where are the Trauma Councelors? Why has no one been arrested? Why hasn’t every single twisted psychopath “doctor” and employee ever involved with this place been arrested? Why has no one been put on trial? Where is Justice? Torturing and abusing defenseless disabled kids needs to end. NOW.

Stop torturing disabled people!

Torture. Should. Not. Be. Accepted. EVER. It is frustrating to see this anti-treatment center literally get away with murder just because they call it "treatment". This is unacceptable. Shut the (expletive) place down!

The Judge Rotenberg Center needs to be shut down. The abuse and torture of disabled children that occurs here is appalling and completely unacceptable

Shut the modern torture facilities. Torture and pain is not treatment.

shock for disobedience is a crime!

Totally barbaric treatment of disabled children and adults!

This place has no business being opened. They all should be suited !

It is morally and ethically wrong to teach students using fear and pain, it will only make their experience worse and may lead to more health and emotional problems. Let the students learn with positive reinforcement, not negative reinforcement.

May barbaric Dr. Israel, Judge Rotenberg, and any personnel from JRC or Autism Speaks who condone these actions rot in your graves and let the maggots gain access to the cruddy bodies.

Torture is illegal and it is being condoned on the most vulnerable population? Wake up and stop this lunacy! Positive behavioral supports is the answer. This could be YOUR loved one.....

This is absolutely horrific. I cried watching this video, and no one needs to be shocked or hurt like this ever.

I am shock my son want to Judge Rotenberg Center he also had a unpleasant experience with them. Since that incident my son has been in and out of prison.

Disgusting

This center has proven for years that they cannot safely care for disabled people. They use outdated, barbaric electric shock devices and dangerous physical punishments as well as restraints for even talking without permission. They have failed to follow any meaningful health and safety standards. Their staff is given little to zero training on dealing with any type of disability. Some patients have even died due to their abuses and negligence. They ignore all professional advice and legal codes and should be shut down

Shock therapy for special education students...is cruel and unusual punishment so it is unconstitutional, goes against education laws, and civilization. There are ways to protect ourselves from students who have violent outbursts and there are many therapies that are appropriate & hurting them cannot be part of a solution. Parents and judges are capable of abuse and it is up to the majority to intervene and protect & preserve the rights our exceptional needs citizens who are at risk for this abuse.

Torturing children is never acceptable. Never! If the JRC engage in the practices described here, it must be shut down without delay, and those responsible must face a jury of their peers.

I saw the video of the boy getting tortured.and I to am autistic and those guys got problems

Torture is a crime!

The judge rotenberg does not do anything to help the students. If anything the staff feel like they have power and purposely instigate students because the staff are bored and they want to see some type of show.

I was abused for so called autism and went to self harm to protest the abuse because of the biggotry and delusions it didn't work in my opinion the army should be raiding the place and shooting those doing those terrorist things there

This is literally the worst example of child abuse I’ve ever heard of.

I think The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center is Worldly and the people who work there are sinful and evil they teach Autistics to do worldly things (ie.Going by Popular Opinion) when they don't obey Children are SHOCKED Children are DEPRIVED food Children are RESTRAINED Children are SHACKLED Children are SECLUDED Children are TORTURED Torture as treatment should be banned and prosecuted under criminal law. Shut down the Judge Rotenberg Center and free children from torture.

its like psych ward and jail. its no worse than in the medieval days in europe where you were shackled and tortured for a bogus reason or a criminal reason. autism is not a crime. its filicide. its abelism and its wrong.

The details behind the continued abuse arr ATROCIOUS! Shane on all of us for allowing this place to stay open.

This is the Auschwitz of autistic people, and it's employees should be standing trial.

As a future teacher, this place makes me sick!

Horrible place! If you have to TORTURE young people to get them to behave, you don't need to be in this line of work. That video I watched was heartbreaking and everyone who works there has to be some of the most cold hearted people to ever walk this planet. Would they let someone do that to their kids? Probably not.

This is torture and is not ok. Being disabled is not permission for us to be abused.

Shut down this modern day torture asylum. There is no reason for this. Sadism runs wild in this place.

The Judge Rotenberg Center must be closed! This is not therapy! This is abuse!

Torture is a barbaric crime and in no way therapeutic.

those bastards!

I am appalled that this place is allowed to get away with what amounts to torture. I understand that a number of deaths have been reliably attributed to the practices of this place. Why have the relevant authorities not closed this place down?

The Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts ought to be permanently closed down for good.

These people are psychopaths. There is simply no other explanation.

Has Massachusetts gotten so low that you now are nothing more then NAZI's? This has to be the first thing taken up by our new House of Representatives in the new year. Every teacher and administrator who shocked a child needs to be charged with assault for each child they shocked!!! This is also child abuse by the parents for allowing their child to be harmed by these people and they should be charged too.

Hi, I'm Poly, and I say, we want most human treatment for everyone, even me!

As the parent of a child on the spectrum I am nauseated by reports of electro-shock torture used on people at this facility. I can't even begin to describe how disturbing this is. I have worked in County jail at one point years ago and I can tell you that a jail would never be allowed to use this type of punishment on an inmate. Why would anyone think it is ok to use on anyone on the spectrum? This sounds like something straight out of an 1890's horror novel rather than a licensed medical facility. In this day and age I would expect outrage if an animal shelter treated pets with such little regard, yet this is a medical facility? I seriously question the capability of anyone who works at this place to work in the medical industry. Isn't the first line of the Hippocratic oath "First do no harm"? I can't imagine any way electroshock could be used on someone who is autistic without causing severe permanent psychological trauma. This practice should have been ended DECADES AGO!

Electrocuting people just because they are different and not acting normal is the most satanic behaviour I have ever seen. This place needs to get shut down.

Shut this awful place down!

I cannot believe that Liberal Massachussetts supports what we would call child abuse anywhere else!

This place needs to be shut down immediately!

This place has killed students and is horribly cruel.

How in the world are we allowing such cruel, heartless, inhumane, torture to happen to anyone? This is completely absurd. I wonder if the owner of this torture device has ever used it? Has he been strapped to a board for hours & shocked multiple times for refusing to take a jacket off???

I don't care if they got rid of shock therapy this place is a hell hole and the people who work there are disgusting monsters for treating innocent defenseless people so horribly.

I hope the JRC people burn in hell.

Shut them down. Harming the defenseless is immoral.

As the mother of a child with Autism and a sibling of an adult male with Autism I want to know WHY! WHY IS THIS PLACE STILL OPEN! Wikapedia even acknowledges the history of abuse and yet is it closed? NO! Instead they get handed 1.7 million to keep abusing individuals with disabilities!!! Why would we keep something open and even reward them and give them funds to stay open it's only giving them the ability and access to ABUSE and TORTURE more disabled people!!! Advocate groups have tried among others so WHAT IS THE HOLD UP?! These people are stuck and do not have a voice or an option on where to go. So someone needs to shut this place down and give them safe environments to go to. Hospitals, Group Homes, somewhere SAFE to get counseling, therapy, a place to heal. Who the hell thought this was ok? HOW MANY Have to be tortured in order to get this place shut down? Since 1971 SIX people have lost their lives that is SIX too Many! Treatments were/are allowed that cause permanent damage and set backs and we just paid them to keep doing it! There are other centers that deserve those funds that CARE about their patients and treat them like people instead we leave them to rot in a dungeon because someone is shielding this organization or too lazy to shut it down. I am absolutely disgusted on so many levels that this place is still operating....if I had the ability I would open my own and take every person out of that hell hole. With all the advocate groups against it if it were to happen I'm sure solutions would be found quickly if people would stop dragging their feet, close this cruel place, and charge every doctor/employee that works there appropriately.

This school is a nightmare. It's worse than a prison. Please shut this place down.

This association is a human rights violation.

This is against human basic rights, is down right abusive, deadly, and repetitive of behaviors in abandoned Asylums! The fact this place is still up in this day and age while also being abliest is horrifying! Shut them down!

I have autism and what these ableist scumbags who work there did to these innocent disabled and autistic people is DISGUSTING and PURE EVIL that I physically vomit, I’m not kidding I really vomited. Even though they got rid of electric shocks forever now, this place not only deserved to get shut down forever, it deserved to get knocked down by a wrecking ball swung on a crane! Some parents who continue to bring disabled and autistic children and adults back to this place saying the JRC is the only way to get them to "behave" despite its history of abuse are just as evil and sick as the JRC staff!

This legalized torture of children is unconscionable. This school is apparently run by people who enjoy these practices. Please shut the school down and look into prosecute people involved in torturing children, just as you would any other child abusers. No excuse for covering this up as "educational" - tell that to the Nazis, the prison officials at gulags in North Korea & all the rest. Just disgusting.

Disgusting to see what they do to children.

literally why is this still up after 40 years ndfjd

Thank you for making this.

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I'm from the UK. What JBC is doing is illegal under international law- this is everyone's business including mine.

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People who are disabled or neurodivergent deserve to be treated like human beings not test subjects

What they are doing to these vulnerable people is sickening. It needs to be stopped!

what is happening here is sickening and dehumanizing.

This is disgusting and shouldn’t have been allowed to happen ever.

This center is extremely harmful and needs to be shut down for children’s safety.

SAVE OUR CHILDREN

WE NEED THIS TO SHUT DOWN

This is awful.

These people are sickening

this is absolutely sickening, this needs to stop as soon as possible

This is child abuse and the people who administer it deserve consequences

it's not right what these sick bastards are doing

that is truly disgusting

This is despicable! These people are treating autistic children worse than animals. How is this legal?

Shut it down plz

yes

THIS IS MESSED UP

SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!!

This is a horrible place, and no one should be treated the way they treat patients.

STOPITNEOW

This unfair for these children when there so many different way to help kid and to deal with this type of disabled child

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Andre deserves justice

No human being should be subjected to being shocked. Shut it down now, seize all assets and distribute them to the victims of their torture "treatment. "

Shut them down

My son is 18, and has been since the age of 6, extremely physically aggressive, deals with a number of psychological dx as well. Back in the day I thought he might benefit from a residential school. However, after hearing about the torture these students have to deal with on a daily basis, I’m so glad I didn’t. To think that a supposedly loving parent would condone this kind of behavior is horrific

As a deaf man, this is unacceptable and extremely unexcusable.

End this now.

This so called behavior modification treatment is nothing more than torturing an individual for having a disability!

That place makes me sick

CLOSE THIS TORTURE CENTER DOWN NOW!!!

Torturing children with electric shocks is inhumane! Shut this place down and arrest all adults involved!

End this cruelty!

This is inhumane!! Stop the shocks!!

How dare they act with hate and pain towards these students and call it love

Stop this atrocity. Do not allow this to continue one more day.

This is Inhumane and indecent and is torture

i hope they’re going to be okay!

We need it to be shut down!

This is disgusting torture. All you evil hearted sociopaths need to feed your need to feel superior elsewhere. Stop hurting people. Period.

This center is abusive and needs to be shut down

i'm a client at this torturing place, Shut it down

Signing because I *HATE* Anti-Autism Curebies and Nonces.

This place should not be opened at ALL. The practices that go on are disgusting and inhumane. SHUT IT DOWN!

This centre used high-ampere electric shocks via their graduated electronic decelerator (GED), deemed a method of torture by the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, to punish children. For reference, the least powerful model of the GED, the GED-1, gives a shock of 30mA for two seconds - compare this to a cattle prod's specification of a 10mA shock, lasting a fraction of a second. The GED's *lowest* shock setting, according to Professor James Eason of Washington and Lee University, is roughly twice the threshold that is considered tolerable to adult humans by pain researchers. With this in mind, recall that the device and its more powerful models were used on small children and autistic adults, for such rebellious acts as "failing to be neat", using the bathroom without permission, and crying. This happened in a western country, and the device used was only banned last year, a week before the pandemic hit the US. It is one of only three medical devices banned by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the first of which was banned in 1983. Although the GED has officially been banned by the FDA, its ban is being appealed by the Judge Rotenberg Center, who have yet to perform a use of the device in court to prove its safety. However, even if this appeal is rejected, the centre shall still remain at large, having proven time and time again that it and its staff are incapable of, and unwilling to commit to, protecting those under their care. Thus, the centre and its staff must be relieved of their responsibilities and power over children, autistic people, and any other individuals kept within their facilities. Know that the Judge Rotenberg Center is known not just nationally in the United States, but internationally too, for its human rights abuses. The rest of the world is watching, America. Here in the United Kingdom, word is spreading. All those who are kept, those who are brainwashed, those who are subject to treatment that not even a capti

As an autistic person, this is my identity. We do not need to be changed. Stop torturing autistic people.

This must stop.

This is horrific and 100% unnecessary. Close this school immediately.

This is so unethical and inhumane. We cannot let this stand.

This school is committing human rights violations.

No person deserves to be abused. Especially disabled persons. Close this space and keep the humans safe.

This is inhumane. This center needs to be shut down and all staff needs to tried as the criminals they are!

This is horrifying and can’t be allowed

This is torture and barbaric and needs to be permanently banned.

No one should be shocked

PLEASE STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING- BAN ELECTRO SHOCK “THERAPY” “TREATMENT” ON DISABLED PEOPLE. THIS IS SO TRAGIC, UNETHICAL AND INHUMANE. THEY DESERVE BETTER.

Modern day concentration camp

This is beyond vile

How is this even legal?! Do parents just dump their disabled children here and hope for the best?! This is disgusting and everyone involved needs to be held accountable for child abuse!

This is simply unethical. You cannot allow such violence to be enacted to disabled people. They are people still

This practice is inhumane and the center needs to be shut down

Wow I thought we learned the first time this was bad..

This is beyond wrong!!!! These are humans beings!!!! THEY NEED TO TEST ON THE PEDOPHILES & THE RAPISTS IN PRISON!!!!

Praying the people perpetuating this cruelty are persecuted, this is pure evil!

Praying the people perpetuating this cruelty are persecuted, this is pure evil!

Stop the abuse!

As mother this break my heart. Shame.

This is an absolutely vile human rights abuser that cannot be tolerated.

this is cruel and inhumane.

As an autistic person it scares and saddens me that this is seen as acceptable. It also makes me ashamed to want to call myself a behavioural analyst, since this is apparently what behavioural analysis is.

this is insane. I can literally see us as a society go back in time. this is sick, this is inhumane, and it's abuse.

No student or person or living being deserves to be shocked. It’s painful. Wrong. And sadistic.

This should not be happening, period! Definitely not in the "best country".

This center is in humaine and need to be shut down.

bruh

Children are SHOCKED Children are DEPRIVED food Children are RESTRAINED Children are SHACKLED Children are SECLUDED Children are TORTURED The fact that the intentional infliction of pain to punish students for certain behaviors is called treatment - for children and adults with disabilities - does not render these practices acceptable, necessary or legal. At JRC, pain is the treatment. JRC practices a form of aversive therapy that is unique in the United States. JRC‘s practices are based on a theory of behaviorism that people who experience intellectual disabilities can be extinguished by an elaborate system of rewards and punishments for acceptable or unacceptable behavior. To implement this program, authorities at JRC intentionally inflict severe pain on children with disabilities entrusted to their care. The maltreatment of children and adolescents with disabilities at JRC constitutes both physical and psychological abuse, couched in the name of treatment. The treatment at JRC is punishment. Children are subject to electric shocks on the legs, arms, soles of their feet, finger tips and torsos – in many cases for years, and for some, a decade or more. Electric shocks are administered by a remote-controlled pack attached to a child‘s back called a Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED). The shocks, which last 2 seconds each, are so strong as to cause red spots or blisters to the skin. Some students have received dozens – even hundreds – per day. Additionally, children are shackled, restrained and secluded for months at a time. Social isolation and food deprivation as punishment is common. Mock and threatened stabbings – to forcibly elicit unacceptable behaviors which then result in electric shock punishments have been reported as well. Behaviors deemed aggressive – getting out of a chair without permission – and behaviors referred to as minor and non-compliant behaviors – raising your hand without permission – are all punishable by electric shocks, restr

This place is sick it needs to be shut down n those ppl imprisoned for hurting children

This is outrageous that people are doing this to autistic people. They don’t, and never deserve anything like thin.

Why are we creating a society with abuse and poison in the mix? When the latter generation dies. What will be grown for the future? There’s a easy way and the right way. Humanity it self have a long life as long as we get there. While we humans individually handle the land. Short our individual life may be but each one affects the long run of humanity being. Humanity being the whole.

SHUT IT DOWN

StoptheSchock

this is inhumane. the centre needs to be shut down immediately

Absolutely disgusting for this place to still be up

This is beyond unacceptable

This center must be closed. This is a violation of human rights.

This is beyond wrong

Disgusting. Shock "therapy" is torture.

Stop this madness

As someone who is disabled this is disgusting that they would be allowed to do this

Enough is enough.

This is cruelty.

this is terrifying

This is unacceptable and y'all need to be stopped.

it’s torturing innocent kids

STOP TORTURING AUTISTIC PEOPLE

It's absolutely incomprehensible that such devices would allowed to be used on animals much less actual children in this day and age. We can do better.

Shock therapy is not helpful it’s harmful DONT USE ITTT

Shock therapy of any kind is unethical, especially for minors who cannot consent!

Hi

shut it down.

Stop abusing children in your facilities.

they are humans

Disabled rights are human rights period

shut it down

It’s disgustingly inhumane to use shock devices on students regardless if they did behave or not.

This is an appalling use of authority and a gross misuse of this 'therapy' on innocent children. This 'school' needs to be shut down

this place needs to be shut down.

Why did anyone think this was humane

This place needs to be shut down.

I do not believe that school treatments should be an option for people in this school.

A facility that abuses children like this shouldn't be open

????!!!

This is horrible abt wht there doing to these ppl!

Justice for victims.

The fact that we are still using electroshock therapy in the 21st century is heinous.

This is common sense. Shut it down!

Stop the abuse of people with disabilities

This is inhumane

This is unacceptable

Stop it

Administering shock to students is beyond cruel. This is torture point blank. This center needs to be closed down immediately, for inhumane treatment.

Children do not deserve to be painfully shocked in order to "fix" their behavior. This is torture and should definitely be illegal. No child no matter how old should have to go through this.

This is a gross misuse of power. These are children!!!

This is disgusting.

This is modern day torture and it needs to be stopped

I I can't believe establishments like these are legal

this should have never been allowed in the first place

Xx

stop this madness !!!!!

I believe in disability rights

Stop shocking kids!!!

This type of facility has no place in society.

This center is disgusting and needs to be shut down’

Hi. Get off of your entitled, ableist, slimey throne :-)

They need to be stopped!!!!

I can’t believe you think this is okay to do to people.

It is not right to be shocking disabled people. If this happened in 2012 that is horrifying!

Protect our Kids!!!

THIS IS ABUSE!

Shut this place down. This is inhuman!

This is extremely inhumane! This place needs to be closed down and shock therapy should never be used!!

This is despicable

Close this place down! Stop with the electromagnetic shock!

Primitive torture

Please shut down these schools this isn’t right!

Give these people back their rights.

Their horrible and torture children

Please stop this inhumane treatment of children.

Close this inhumane centre! Disabled people do not deserve to be treated with such indignity and gross human rights violations!

This needs to end! The practice is damaging to our children! Children are humans!!!!!!

Shock therapy is cruel and unusual and should never be used in children. This facility is inhumane and needs to be shut down.

This place is disgusting for allowing torture tactics to even be used on literal CHILDREN.

Children are not animals. Shocking children that aren't doing what you want them to do is abuse.

This is disgusting and brutal it need to stop! Shut it down!

This needs to stop, now. People with disabilities are not livestock to be shocked into obedience.

It’s not okay

This is human cruelty and we know for a fact that shock therapy does not work. Stop choosing abuse and stop letting sadistic people in care giving positions.

Absolutely disgusting that torture and abuse perpetrated on children and adults with disabilities is allowed in a so-called "civilized" society. This practice must be banned with immediate effect, it is nothing less than a crime against humanity.

The use of shock is abusive and unacceptable

This is absolutely horrible

Shock therapy is inhumane and evil

As a teacher, it is disgusting to find out that this is being done to students. Shut this place down and prosecute the bastards that do this to children.

This is abuse and needs to end.

Zapping children is a disgusting misuse of power and abusive. Stop this now!

CLOSE IT DOWN

Shock “therapy” (torture is a more accurate term) is barbaric and does more harm than anything, this facility needs to be shut down and the FDA needs to change the law to ban it

Shut this place down pls

So mote it is so it shall be

This is heartbreaking!!

This should not be legal

what in the world. they need to stop. disgusting.

I will not stand for something that is basically torture to students

There is no reason to be using such barbaric methods on patients

Shock collars for human beings????? Shut the whole city down

This is so messed up and should never be a thing

You wouldn't treat yourself the way you treat the people there, so why do you keep it open?

Do better!

This is wrong in so many ways

This is barbaric, and tantamount to torturing kids for being born differently. We need to stop this.

This is very unethical and evil. CLOSE this wicked place DOWN!

This is inhumane treatment.

this is disgusting.

Shut it down.

So torture is legal now

This is absolutely unacceptable

This school's practices are horrifying and inhumane. Shut it down.

This is so heartbreaking. My son has autism. He is so sensitive and such a good kid like all these beautiful children.

What the?

thank you for bringing awareness

#stoptheshock

This is inhumane

This practice of shocking patients is sadistic and barbaric and must be stopped immediately. This facility should be shut down and the staff investigated for abuse.

This is child abuse

This has to stop

literally wtf

STOP THE TORTURE!!!

This center must be shut down.

CLOSE IT DOWN! STOP HURTING KIDS AND DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DISABLED PEOPLE!

This practice is inhumane and dangerous. Stop shocking students!!

We dont live in the 50's anymore this needs to stop

This is horrific

Literal children. Thats all that needs to be said.

Don’t treat children inhumanly!

Stop the shock

What they are doing to these kids is unjust, no one should be subjected to shock “treatment” of any kind, shame on them.

eletric shock on DISABLED CHILDREN is inhumane & a crime against humanity. a breaking of civil rights & protections.

This is horrifying

we need to shut this school down. what it does it disgusting and horrific. hurting people that just aren’t like you is wrong. STOP THIS NOW!!

this is inhuman and absolutely terrible

What in the Middle Ages is this? Shocking anyone, but especially those struggling with a disability is revolting!!!! How am I signing a petition to end shock treatment in 2021? Stop choosing to be the villains!!!!

Can't believe stuff like this is still happening. Cruel.

This needs to stop!

You should be shamed for even thinking of harming our most vulnerable people

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This is no burno

Shut it down!!

They are human beings and deserve to be treated as such

This is completely inappropriate! No methods as violent as electrocution should be used on anyone physically or mentally disabled. That’s inhumane!

Pls stop this!!!!!!!!!

Close this disgusting institution of hate and abuse.

Stop this torture now!!!!! Please!!!

The use of shock therapy on disabled people is inhumane, and any facility that used it should be shut down.

The practice of shocking disabled and developmentally delayed people is inhumane! if the people in charge of this facility thinks this is okay, they do not deserve to run the facility.

This is horrible, how was this even passed????

SHOCKING IS TORTURE

Torturing neurodivergent humans is WRONG and shocking them is TORTURE

This is absolutely disgusting and horrifying. They need to be shut down immediately and these kids need to be properly taken care of! This is blatant state sponsored abuse and it’s sickening.

This is an atrocity and shame on you for allowing this to continue.

It is absolutely disgusting what people do to children this needs to stop

So sick. They’re shocking kids.

Shut this awful place down!

I shouldnt even have to explain why that's torture and cruel.

ok

Stop the inhumane treatment

Electromagnetic pressure on the brain only perpetuates trauma and does not correct behavior. It’s not only counterproductive, it can kill anyone subjected to it.

Who in their right mind thinks its OKAY TO ELECTOCUTE CHILDREN?!?!? AND DISABLED CHILDREN WHO CANT FIGHT BACK AT THAT. Close this school. Immediately. Fire this judge, arrest them and make sure to "electronically correct" them at least once a day.

This is horrific, the fact that it’s 2021 and things like this are still happening is truly saddening.

This is disgusting it must be stopped

shock collars on disabled children? throw a dart at a board of terrible, awful things and this is what you’ll get

SHUT THIS TORTURE HOUSE DOWN. NOW.

This is inhumane to the point of crimes against humanity!!!

this is sickening. whoever thinks that this is appropriate is a sadist.

Disabled people deserve better and more empathetic care than this disgusting facility!

This place will be another stain on American history.

Stop this now

This is inhumane tourture child abuse and a violation of the 8th amendment

Sighhhhh

This is disgusting. These are human beings.

Wtf

The so-called Doctors that ordered these shocks should be given numerous doses of their own medicine. I will gladly perform the administration of this wonderful therapy at no charge.

This is torture. Autistic children are humans too. disgusting

Shocking children is torture.

autistic students are people too, this is completely wrong and unjust

Stop this horrific abuse of children! #stoptheshock

Disability rights are human rights.

Shock treatments are inhumane and should never be used on ANYONE!

This is disgusting and a form of torture disabled people should never go through this ever

STOP SHOCKING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES!!!!!!!

What they're doing to these people is just absolutely disgusting.

this needs to be stopped.

This is abuse, not rehabilitation.

INHUMAN TREATMENT.

#stoptheshock

This is disgusting behavior they need to be shut down.

Shock therapy is barbaric, a punishment, and should not be used on disabled children.

As a neurodivergent person this is beyond concerning to me, this has to be overturned

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This is disgusting and should not be allowed. It’s deplorable and inhumane to continue to allow such a atrocity ensue.

The use of electric shock therapy on disabled people is cruel and unusual punishment. Our disabled community deserves better.

This is absolutely inhumane

Inhumane & immoral!

Absolutely inhumane.

In no shape or form should any student be harmed no matter how ignorant you are at understanding the already struggling students.

This is horrible and inhuman!!!

Wtf like this is literally child abuse

They are children they deserve better.

This is disgusting

We need this to stop!

This is absolutely disgusting, a complete violation of human rights. I thought we left this bs back with insane asylums when we learned that IT DOES NOTHING BUT PLEASE OTHERS SADISTIC WANTS. If you don’t see anything wrong with this then you are the problem.

So messed up

This needs to be stop we are all humans

This is wrong and needs to be fixed, you don't shock a child because of their behavior, there is so many other ways to communicate and help a child calm down and much more.

Still in 2021!!! Like really?

This is cruel and unusual punishment. It needs to stop.

I am sick to my stomach this is so disgusting

Close

Shocking children is absolutely torture. I swear some people will treat their dogs better than disabled people. Appalling

Why is this a thing?

I think electric shock is absolutely disgusting and anyone administering it should be fired

Don’t shock kids

This is a cruel treatment and shouldn’t even exist, what is wrong with America?!

Disabled people should be treated with compassion and respect. The fact that this needs saying because this school is currently abusing disabled people is disgusting. We know better. We must do better. Close the school.

Ridiculous. Close this school.

INHUMANE!!!!

This is unacceptable and harmful. It’s so sickening that America continues down a path of harm to anyone who doesn’t fit the “status quo”. These people should be imprisoned for abuse. Period.

rotenburg can rot in hell

This is torture

Care about disabled folks like you yourself are disabled !

These electrical devices are used to torture disabled children for the purpose of control and sheer malace. This place is not an institute of learning its a place of torture.

This is absolutely disgusting and vile. Disabled children are still people, and this is cruel and unusual punishment! Do not allow this to go on.

this is abuse, please stop this

WHY TF ARE YOU SHOCKING CHILDREN

This is inhumane, and should be disgusted that you allow this in your system.

The use of shock is immoral, unethical and does not actually assist in aiding dissabled people and the very idea of having it implemented should be a crime in its own right.

cruel

The use of electro magnetic shock towards disabled students is inhumane and should’ve never been allowed. This is the 21st century so why do we still endangered the lives of innocent people with this barbaric and outdated use of torture. This will not do anything and if a facility uses this inhumane tactic it should be shut down and never reopen EVER AGAIN.

It’s disgusting and inhuman.

This is unbelievably cruel. How could they allow something so inhumane?

This must be banned for life!

This place is disgusting, children deserve so much better

This is barbaric, just another reason for authority figures to be sadistic and abuse marginalized groups. There is no scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness on reversing, or even aiding disabled children subjected to shock “treatment.” This kind of negligence on the part of our justice system opens the door even wider for sick, twisted and unusually unnecessary punishments, going against our fundamental rights as U.S citizens.

I work with children with additional needs, there is no reason why they should ever need to shock their pupils, it’s just torture, plain and simple

this is in humane

This sick abuse must end.

this is so inhuman and disgusting

This school should be shut down because they are using cruel and inhumane methods of educating and disciplining the special needs (especially autistic) students, instead of using ethical cognitive methods of education, treatment, and discipline. These shock devices are banned by the UN and deemed inhumane as they are made to be even more powerful and painful than a taser. This is evil and something needs to be done about it.

The practices here are barbaric and unacceptable.

This is abuse and should have been kept in the dark ages. Children deserve better, people deserve better.

THE FDA IS SICK FOR WHAT THEIR DOING TO THESE PEOPLE

This is inhumane and needs to be stopped! It is 2021! Enough already! Disabled people are still people and deserve better than this!

This needs to end yesterday.

STOP THE SHOCK!!

This practice is inhumane and must be permanently banned in every shape and form.

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. WE ARE PAST THE POINT OF USING PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT AS A MEANS OF EDUCATION.

Why are they allowing people to inflict PHYSICAL HARM onto children to 'teach' them how to 'behave' properly? Maybe if you treated them like actual human beings, they won't hate you and actually listen instead of treating them like animals.

This is revolting. Get out of the sixteenth century.

This is inhumane and cruel

I am a mentally disabled person and hearing about this breaks my heart. You shouldn’t be punished because of your disability. This is inhuman and sick

STOP THE SHOCK

For the children :’)

Shut. It. Down!

The fact that it still has to be debated whether or not we should electric shock human beings is horrific

This is disgusting behavior and absolutely should not be allowed. Any facility that promotes these actions should be closed

#StopTheShock .

#StopTheShock

The disabled community should not have to face this violence among the violence that is perpetuated by the government and the hatred that us spewed by people against the mere existence of disabled people. Stop targeting and attacking the disabled community!

STOPTHESHOCK

god this is horrible why does it exist at all

No child should ever be tortured like this

Pog

#STOPTHESHOCK

#stoptheshock

White

This is disgusting

STOP SHOCKING DISABLED KIDS!!!

#STOPTHESHOCK

Stop the abuse of disabled children

The existence of this “school” is absolutely inhuman. Disabled people are people as well. Tear this place down and prosecute everyone who is involved.

Student who are children should not face this type of punishment! They are still human!

THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!!

It is inhumane to treat people like this!

Electric shocking children is not “Life Saving Therapy” it’s torture and abuse. And any parent who’s supported the practice in spite of all the signs and people telling them as much should be investigated.

How dare you do this. IT is cruel and unusual punishment

Terrible to see these things still happening.

Cruel

disability rights

signed

I’m autistic and this is sickly behaviour.

It is disgusting that this school chooses to use this against these poor children, I am appalled that a judge would allow this.

Shut it down

Shock therapy is absolutely inhumane and you should be disgusted

THEY CAN'T DO THAT

Please don’t use unnecessary force and or weapons against anyone ESPECIALLY DISABLED PEOPLE!!

This is extremely cruel and NEEDS to be stopped. If you have any heart please sign this!

No one deserves to be shocked into submission.

This is crime and horrible. We shouldn’t be torturing children.

This is inhumane

END THIS MADNESS

These methods are out dated and has been proved as ineffective. Most importantly these methods goes against the human rights of theses children.

This practice is inhumane and children with disabilities deserve patience, empathy, care and gentleness, not state sanctioned violence.

I hope that when all the people from our government pass, divine retribution is passed upon them.

This is an inhuman treatment of people, and as a neurodivergent person my self, this scares and sickens me. This needs to stop. Immediately. Like yesterday.

Stop this

THIS IS INHUMANE ON SO MANY LEVELS & IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING !!!!!

This is inhuman

SHOCKING CHILDREN IS TORTURE. All you are doing is adding PTSD to their diagnoses. I can’t publicly say what I think of this establishment and it’s practices. Just know we the people of America will not stand for this. Left, right, doesn’t matter what side of politics we are on. We are all here to protect our disabled Americans from literal TORTURE.

GET RID OF THE SHOCK

This is not okay

Stop the shock!!!

Is there no hope for humanity anymore?

Stop

I would burn this place down if I could Stop going after the kids

it is already so difficult for people who are disabled, and doing something like SHOCKING, them to get them "back in order" is completely messed up. things like that can literally be traumatizing.

Dont shock kids

How evil is this country content with being when disabled children are allowed to be shocked as punishment forbtheir disability? We must do better than allowing children to be tortured.

This is so inhumane

They deserve better ! We need to help them

i just want to feel safe as an autistic person

Shut this down we're pissed about this its in human

Do not torture people. Thats pretty basic. Pain wont "heal" them it just scares them into pretending harder

It’s absolutely disgusting and wrong that they did this and I’m sending this petition to everyone I know

This school should be closed.

REMOVE IT NOW!!! THIS IS DISGUSTING. MULTIPLE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

I am DISGUSTED by this.

A disgusting organization with horrifying practices

This is inhumane and I can't believe this place is still open.

Children shouldn't be subjected to this inhumanity

We do not treat children like animals, CLOSE THIS ABUSIVE CENTER DOWN

we need to save them!

Absolutely horrible you would even consider it appropriate to use shock devices!

This is inhumane treatment of others. Please ban the use of shock devices against students.

No more shock therapy for disabled people

Stop torturing people!!!!

This behavior is completely disgusting and inhumane. This needs to STOP IMMEDIATELY.

Torture is not okay

Pls close down this center

I think this is a terrible thing that should NEVER be approved, this is a violation of basic human rights towards the disabled community

All these bastards in charge of the inhumane treatment of children with disabilities need to be severely punished.

What is going on at this “school” is horrific. When people like this say that electroshock works, what they really mean is that it successfully tortures children in subservience. What they are doing is physical and psychological torture bc nondisabled people find it too difficult to live in the same world as autistic people and other disabled people. Disgusting and absolutely shameful.

disabled people arent some kind of animal you can train with shock.

This is beyond upsetting and disturbing. No one deserves this treatment.

As an autistic adult I am appalled by the idea that this place is still running after the blatent abuse committed against disabled children.

This is objectively atrocious and a human rights violation; this needs to be stopped. Treat children, ESPECIALLY disabled and autistic children with dignity and respect.

Stop harming disabled people!!!

What they are doing is absolutely horrible and disgusting. This type of “treatment” cannot continue.

Absolutely unacceptable that this place is open and running

PROTECT AUTISTIC KIDS!!!!

No human being should be hurt purposefully. Ever.

Hello

This is ridiculous it's 2021

As someone who works one on one with autistic students I can confidently this is not at all necessary to correct behaviour and is 100% abuse!

i hate that we all have 2 go through this. i hope this can end.

This is terrible and shouldn’t be done.

After learning about the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center and their treatment of disabled students, I am horrified and sickened. There is NO justification for torturing children. JRC has a documented history of abusing children and obstructing justice. Shut them down!

#stoptheshock

We cannot allow our children with disabilities to be treated like cattle. This heinous school must be closed.

This is disgusting

This treatment of disabled students is in humane and abusive. I’m ashamed to know this school continues to torture students. They need to loose all funding, accreditation, and close. These students and their families also need access trauma professionals and non ABA therapists

this is inhumane.

This has to happen

THIS IS DISGUSTING

Using shock treatment won’t “fix” behaviors.

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Stop the shock and torture of our children

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ZAPPING CHILDREN IS TORTURE... enough said.

electric shock is torture, not treatment. it causes more harm than good.

Disgusted about this continuing.

Please stop this

Just no

This is torture

this is sickening. im so sorry to my autistic friends, im here if u need me. twt @/QuackHeartz

Shocking disabled students is just cruel and there is absolutely no reason for it. This is so ethically messed up.

This is literally torturing children.

Stop torturing autistic children

Shut it down

GED is a torture device. Not a medical device.

This is absolutely inhumane and should not be allowed to continue

Please stop!

This is truly disgusting!!! It needs to stop! In no way is this helpful for any child!!!! Disabilities are not a punishable offense!!!! No ONE deserves this treatment!! Absolutely vile! BAN IT again NOW!!!

im autistic and i want to protect my own

this is horrible and needs to be stopped

As an autistic person I am disgusted that this is still happening, in a country like the USA nonetheless.

This inhuman thing needs to be shut down now.

>:( some ppl suck

Our government needs to protect these kids and close this facility. Their barbaric treatment of kids is unconscionable.

please just dont

Stoptheshock!

I went to special needs schools and electric shock isn’t considered “therapy” at any of them. This is abhorrent and needs to be stopped.

As an avid disability and human rights advocate, and a professional who works with disabled people, I find the use of shock abhorrent. This must end.

Electric shock on children is torture. It's horrifically traumatizing and damages them for life. Disabled children need care, not torture.

This needs to stop

This is messed up, they are humans. They are not objects that you can do that

This is in humane

Never should have been over turned.

CLOSE THESE TORTURE CHAMBERS SAVE THE CHILDREN IMMEDIATELY Make sure every single nurse inside that school every single person that is affiliated with that school is shut down and never to be around children or care for any senior citizens or any animals for the rest of their life

This is abuse. Do better. Protect disabled people.

JRC is abusing and killing disabled children and they need to be shut down and have GEDs banned.

This is disgusting how could they harm people like this as if disabled people aren’t going through enough in this trash country

CLOSE THIS PLACE DOWN.

#stoptheshock this is torture

Shock treatment is inhumane

This is absolutely abhorrent and inhumane. Torturing children is not, in any way shape or form, EVER justified. We should know that by now.

unacceptable

I wouldn’t ever send a person here

Just wow

The center should be shut down due to its inhumane practices

This is absolutely disgusting...

This is abuse! Electric shock is barbaric.

As an autistic person myself, I am sick and tired of the torture and abuse that mental health "professionals" are peddling as "interventions", and you should be too.

The fact that this torture is still going on is disgusting.

#stoptheshock this is torture

#StopTheShock It's wrong and torture. It should not be legal

#StopTheShock Stop torturing children for not conforming to your expectations and definitions of normal.

No human should be treated this way

This is barbaric and should never be acceptable!

This is absurd children and adults are being tortured!

This has to be stopped

If you want to shock kids you should let the kids you wanna shock, shock you so you can see what it feels like

The idea of using shock therapy on anyone, especially an autistic person, makes my skin crawl. We're all people and we should be treated that way.

I hope this stops were so close!!!

#stoptheshock

Disabled and proud

#StopTheShock

#stoptheshock

torture esspessially to children is not good

I hope this can make a difference!!

hope you guys succeed!!

Electroshock “therapy” is literal torture and can cause permanent developmental issues in children.

fight for autistic lives!!!

so inhumane. this disgusting stuff needs to stop.

#stoptheshock

!!!

For woattwt!!

Stop the shocks

ITS TORTURE!

This needs to stop

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This is mean and evil stop the shock now .

I am autistic And I heard the news I started crying this is awful

This is cruel and unnecessary treatment of people with disabilities. It’s wrong. We must do better.

this is torture not a treatment.

These kids need to be protected. The torture is inhumane and they should not be treated like this. It's basic human rights that are being violated.

Stop the legal torture of disabled people!

this is sickening that they allow this. do better

#stoptheshock

This is abuse. There’s no other way to put it.

People with disabilities shouldn't be tortured by the way they are.

To help my fellow Autistic people

The things that yall are doing is wrong, but your blind ass just cant see it.

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I have autism myself and seeing ppl like me get tortured just bc we are a little bit different is so wrong

This has to STOP!!

Please stop this TORTURE of vulnerable children! This is not treatment.

The so called “treatment” these CHILDREN receive is inhumane and cruel. I’m disgusted and revolted that an organization said to help our youths does such despicable acts.

The center is using a device called the GED which is considered a torture device by the UN. Please shut this operation down so that disabled people are no longer subject to torture and abuse.

I really feel that people who make laws like this or overturn laws preventing things like this actually hate disabled people.

This is inhumane and discriminatory

It is incredibly harmful and torture to shock people due to misbehavior. It may change the behavior in the short term but it causes trauma and does not address the underlying reasons for the behavior IF the behavior is even in need of change. Stimming is a behavior that should be allowed and celebrated. Punishing stimming that looks different than bouncing your leg or other nuerotypical stimming is discrimination. Torturing people for being different is against the geneva convention.

This is disgusting

Stop torturing children

JRC needs to be shut down, they are doing more harm than good, their choice of methods are damaging a lot of innocent people and inevitably taking their lives just because WE exist. Autistic people are humans too and should be treated as such and respected, not to be treated as some kind of lab rat or used to promote their inhumane institution. This needs to end NOW

The GED is a form of torture and abuse and must be stopped!

The institution has inhuman and unlawful detention practices

#StopTheShock

Do NOT let this continue!

End the use of shocking the kids at this school

STOP THIS ABUSE

Close it now!!!

This is wrong on so many level. this needs to be stopped and shut down forever. they do not deserve this.

This is just sick and wrong. There is no reason on earth to be treating these children that way!

STOP THE SHOCK!!!

Sadistic criminals running this torture house- shut it down now.

Come on. This is torture.

How is this place permitted to remain open?

ABA is abuse. Shock is torture. This is an institute for torturing disabled people. Shut it down.

Help save these poor kids

This needs to end

#StopTheShock

This is disgusting and anyone who works there should be condemned.

This is horrifying and needs to be stopped.

This is terrifying and anyone associated with this should be ashamed.

I hate this and anyone involved.

#StopTheShock .

Disabled rights are human rights

Torturing autistic children is the least ethical or morally defensible process imaginable. Autistic people are people, not problems to be electrocuted away.

It's disgusting that is happening.

This is sick and needs to stop. I cant do much cause im young but hope this helps

This place is an outrage! We need to help these people and stop the shock

you’re terrible. suffer in hell.

Stop the shock!!

This is wrong. Why would they do that? This needs to stop

Despicable

Dude this is torture

Absolutely disgusting

This is torture and it needs to be stopped immediately.

DISABLED LIVES ARE AT RISK!

I am 48 yrs old and working in healthcare management. I am autistic. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE SHOCKED.

#StopTheShock

Lets shut this place down people!!

Torturing disabled children is the lowest of the low.

the reason why I am signing is because using ged to shock people with disabilities isnt ok!!! this is literal torture and abuse!! no one asked to be tortured because of who they are

The JRC is a travesty against medicine that exists only to imprison & abuse us so we don't inconvenience the abled by existing & being ourselves in society. what happened to "First, Do No Harm?"

This is...... it... it's terrible beyond words. I can't believe people allow this to happen. I can't believe people do this kind of thing. To humans none the less.

#STOPTHESHOCK

STOP THE SHOCK

Wrong just wrong

Horrific and against human rights. This is torture of minors.

it’s inhuman they need to be understood not abused they are NOT animals. If u wouldn’t use electricity on your child when they’re throwing tantrum trying to be understood since they can’t communicate their needs and can’t control their emotions/ behavior in such a state of distress WHY WOULD YOU DO IT TO A AUTISTIC PERSON. They need to be understood why would you do it to a person that needs help they are human and should be treated as such #stoptheshock

This is cruel and unusual punishment. All behavior is communication.

This is absolutely disgusting and needs to be stopped

Torture

The most vulnerable need protected. This is abuse and needs to stop now!

How is this even legal?

This is physical abuse. Their human rights are being violated. Whoever is authorising this needs to be criminally charged.

This is torture and completely messed up. #StopTheShock

Protect these children from further abuse or harm, now.

Utterly barbaric

The practice of electrocuting children is torture. The people who work here are unrepentant immoral child abusers who should be in prison for what they have done and continue to do to children.

Unforgivable.

FULL BAN!!!

Behaviour is communication. Problematic behaviour needs to be interpreted, not tortured out of people

Electrocuting kids because they were born with different brains is unspeakably evil.

Barbaric torture of autistic people!

As a university professor who studies education, I find that this center is not only appalling in a humanistic level but also treats people like animals. Close this center down!

this is disgusting,, they’re literal children stop this.

Aversion torture is despicable and should be prosecuted.

I have ADHD. My child has ADHD. Life is hard enough at times without adding physical punishment into the mix. This will only teach fear rather than coping strategies. Disgraceful.

Stop this disgusting abuse of our neurodivergent children. It is inhuman and monstrous.

This is not right and we will stop it.

This is insane! What monsters the people are! Close it down and prosecute these lunatics!

SHUT IT DOWN!!

Shocking is inhumane, period. This country does an incredibly poor job at securing safety and care to those that deserve it. Be part of the solution, be inclusive, be better.

Shocking mentally ill people to get submission and compliance is evil and should be abolished. This center should be closed forever.

This is completely wrong and needs to be stopped dead on its tracks!!

Stop this barbaric treatment of human beings you animals

It is clear from testimonies and from understanding of how the GED device works is physically and psychologically harmful to individuals. They call it their only option to modify behavior that is dangerous to the individuals themselves. But we know it is not used as a last resort, it is heavily relied upon to manage/control those individuals in their care. They are dishonest about how they use the device and misinform parents. It is truly unethical. Psychologically speaking, it is known punishment is pretty ineffective compared to other methods of modifying behavior because of the lack consistency and fairness in terms of what behavior warrants it, the ambiguous/unclear nature of why it is being delivered and that punishment creates psychological distress, fear and confusion that can harm a person psychologically but also physically. That is what GED is, a punishment--cruel and unfair delivered by authority figures of the Judge Rotenburg center (the supposed care takers) abusing their power over individuals in their care that often cannot defend themselves or fully understand why it is being done to them or communicate the effects of this upon them (often severe and nonverbal autistic individuals). There is plenty of evidence that not only is this harmful device being used but it has and is being used in the worst ways for trivial mistakes, for behavioral response that is out of their own control (ie. Getting shocked more for spasming and crying out when shocked). It is a grave time we live in and we are not as far in terms of defending human rights as we should be. I cannot believe this center is currently allowed to mistreat/abuse a very vulnerable population which is supposed to be in their care. I hope that somehow justice will be brought. This center must be shut down.

Hi! While our name says "Hailey" we are generally known as "Rusahya" in our social circles. We're an Autistic endogenic system, whixh means we share a brain without our existence being due to trauma but, but, as we have discussed before, that does not mean we are immune to trauma: "We're an endogenic system. We share a body but were not initially caused by trauma. However, when we were young, gained a member, Silva, because of restraint, seclusion, forced eye contact, persistent gaslighting, and more at the hands of people applying ABA-like practices to us. Our entire life between second grade and the end of high school can be said to be one giant blur between two people controlling the same body, but never communicating, because of Silva's need to protect us from incoming harm. There were times we couldn't even feel our own face, our world dreamlike, because of the intense dissociation and trauma that Applied Behavioral Analysis and similar practices had brought onto us. We had nearly alarmed our friends and parents. We hid it for our own safety." Despite never having gone to the JRC, it has been noted that, minus the electric shocks, the treatment we suffered that very similar to the JRC. Nobody should ever have to go through the state-sanctioned torture known as Applied Behavioral Analysis, much less be sent to a place like Hillcrest Family Services or, as the petition states, the Judge Rotenburg Center (JRC). It is our belief that shutting down the JRC would be a great first step towards the complete federal ban on Applied Behavioral Analysis and similar torture methods against Disabled and Neurodivergent people.

The inhumane things this center are doing need to be stopped

This centre and what it stands for is absolutely despicable and inhumane. They shouldn’t be getting a penny of funding to torture people, our people! People with disabilities that are there, are getting that form of torture just for being different. This needs to be abolished!!!!!

As a parent of a special needs child and a special educator this makes me sick!

STOP THE TORTURE! HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE PAST INSTITUTIONS

THIS IS REPUGNANT AND TORTURE YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANY DISORDERS!!!!!

Honestly this makes me sick

Mom of adult son with nonverbal autism

This is disgusting.

#STOPTHESHOCK YOU CANT FIX WHATS NOT BROKEN

SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!!!!!!

#Stop the shock

As an autistic person, signing this means saving me and my loved ones lives.

This is unconscionable that this torture is allowed. It NEEDS to STOP yesterday.

Inhumane.

This is barbaric! These poor precious children deserve better treatment and care.

Stop this inhumane torture of human beings! #StopTheShock

This ‘school’ should be ashamed of itself

Unacceptable

Stop torturing kids for being different

As an autistic adult with an autistic child, I find it unconscionable that we allow torture to “teach”.

Stop shocking these poor autistic people they did nothing wrong, #stoptheshock

STOP UNETHICAL TREATMENTS

This is just wrong smh

This has to be stopped, we have to stop abusing our most vulnerable.

My grandmother was shocked back in the 20’s. The family say she was never the same afterwards. I thought this barbaric practise had stopped, it should have. These children need help not abuse.

This torture needs to end. It is causing trauma and perpetuating the painful behaviors. Your attempted molding is what's hurting them, not them being autistic. Empower their authentic selves and stop torturing them for their different ways of being.

#stoptheshock

This isn't treatment, it's torture.

Barbarian savages

I have a neurological condition myself and what you are doing is unethical and wrong! If you wouldn’t put it on yourself why would you put it on a child or another human!?

The countless records ordered to be destroyed by Mathew Isreal is disturbing. This is a 74 million dollar torture organization.

#STOPTHESHOCK

#StopTheShock

#StopTheShock

STOP THE SHOCK!!!!

stop the shock!

As an autisic Adult this wrong and disgusting. This is literal tourture and it needs to stop now. This type of barbaric act should not be allowed in the frist place. It's unjust and unlawful and is just plain wrong.

It's way past time. Have a heart.

This treatment of people is inhumane and must stop. Stop this!

Terror

Absolutely disgusting that they would harm and torture innocent children in the name of "curing disability". There's nothing wrong with intellectual disabilities!

I ask for this to please be stopped immediately.

You can't electrocute autistic people and expect us not to be autistic when you are done. This is not medical treatment. This is torture with long-lasting harmful effects.

I truly hate these people for what they do to disabled children. We are the only developed country broken enough to allow this!!!

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#stoptheshock

#STOPTHESHOCKKK!!!!!!!

STOP THE SHOCK.

STOP THE SHOCK

This needs to be stopped

Archaic torture I can’t believe I just found out about this

#stoptheshock

This needs to stop, spread the word about the petition!

These shock devices are very cruel and unusual punishments.

To call this child abuse is an understatement

Why is this even allowed in the first place let alone reintroduced wtf is wrong with everything what's the obsession with shocking human beings as a treatment for everthing

STOP THE SHOCK

Apparently our species CAN stoop lower than I thought

#STOPTHESHOCK

Just appalling

This institution is disgusting and despicable

Disgusting and Horrendous, Judge Rotenberg center a sickening place of torture, must be dismantled and eliminated.

This is a violation of human rights. It's the torture of human beings.

What the institution is legal ABUSE. Autistic children shouldn't have to be shocked and be sent to the hospital with third degree burns or even worse, die.

Autistic people are human beings. Stop torturing and “treating” us.

I’m autistic and I’m against shock therapy!

This should never be allowed anywhere!

Torturing children by providing “shock therapy” is abusive, traumatic, so incredibly harmful, especially to our most vulnerable population. This is not following neuroscience, this is torture. This is the United States of America and it’s absolutely shameful.

I'm heartbroken; that justice has been overruled. I'm angry and horrified; that the JRC uses practices of literal torture and JUSTIFIES it. I'm dumbfounded; that this is even up for debate. I'm scared. I'm scared that practices and devices like this will spread because it's "treatment" for "behavior"which has been deemed "acceptable" at the JRC. Yes, it's only one school; but that is one too many! I'm worried that I, or my family could be subjected to the GED of similar device if we were ever detained, taken into custody etc. for not confirming to some unknown  standard of normalcy; or if we exhibited the "non-ideal" aspects of autism such as a nonverbal episode, or a meltdown. This is INHUMANE. period. (We don't even do this to criminals/convicted felons)

Literally, how was this ever considered a good thing? How could this ever be considered therapy?

Children are children.

This has to stop!

This barbaric torture should be ceased immediately. It should not be used on any human and will only create a more distressed traumatised individual

How can we allow people who do such barbaric things to vulnerable people 1. Stay in business 2. Not go to jail. I not only believe the center must be shut down, the workers must be prosecuted for severe abuse of vulnerable people. This is the most extreme case of obvious human rights violation that is currently allowed in the United States.

Electrocution is torture

These practices are inhumane. There are respectful approaches available that actually support disabled children rather than torture and traumatize them. The Judge Rotenberg Center should be shut down and its leadership banned from working with disabled humans in schools or institutions.

Why would this even be a thing. Electric shocking kids is very abusive, and will never "teach" anything, but fear. This not only harms the autistic community, but also other mental disorder, or struggling communities in general. I am so very happy to sign this.

This is horrible

This action taken to use electronic shocks on Autistics is inhuman!! This needs to be outlawed! Pure Evil!!

This institution has harmed, hurt, and humiliated residents (largely children with disabilities) for too long. I am heartsick and tired that we still must fight to close this deplorable institution.

Stop the shocking!

Absolutely appalling and unforgivable that people are being treated this way inflicting traumatic experiences in their childhood, when they should be experimenting a nurturing accepting and supportive environment. Please understand people's outrage and fury at this and seek to change your tortuous practices.

How is literal torture being allowed as treatment? This is disgusting

This is a human rights violation!

To have a blanket accross the board policy to minimize psychotropic medication use while shocking a child into behaving the way you want them to behave is criminal. Where does the behavior come from is the issue. Get to the heart of the matter! Meet the needs of the child don't torture them into submission!

I hope the JRC shuts down. As an autistic person, this is appalling to say the least!

This is cruel and inhumane.

This is horrifying. Are you even kidding right now?? This is not ok, not even a little bit not even at all.

#StopTheShock

“If it’s forced, it’s not therapy”. Stop the torture of disabled children in the name of therapy!

Shock therapy has been proven time and time again to not work.

#stoptheshock

The cruelty happening to disabled and autistic people at the JRC institution is simply just heartbreaking and emotionally painful to witness. It’s evil, disgusting, and discrimination at the highest level. Disabled and autistic people deserve better than this, and I hope things start looking better. Humans don’t deserve to be killed like this.

This should not be an issue of debate; there is no question whether this is wrong or not — it’s blatantly inhumane.

This is absolutely disgusting and archaic. This school should be shut down

These devices are 10 times stronger than a taser, and is being used on patients that are unable to understand what triggers the punishment. Any self-injurous behaviors this device is being used to treat are likely to only worsen, because this device creates a fearful and and unsafe environment where aggressive stimming and regulation is triggered. Those who say GED's are a viable last resort are not educated enough to be caring for autistic people with severe meltdowns.

Needs to stop immediately. This WILL put lives in danger

This is horrifying please do all you can to help those children; I'm placing my hopes in whoever's is reading this.

This is so blatantly wrong. Please ban this inhumane treatment of vulnerable people.

Shut down Judge Rotenberg Center.

wtaf, it's horrible that anyone would think it is okay to shock children, let alone disabled children

This is absolutely disgusting, it feels like something out of a documentary about torture from the 1950s.

I am writing to urge you to demand that the FDA ban the use of the graduated electronic decelerator (GED) on individuals with disabilities. The GED is a device that delivers a powerful and painful shock to wearers. The GED has been condemned by the United Nations as a weapon of torture.

I am writing to urge you to demand that the FDA ban the use of the graduated electronic decelerator (GED) on individuals with disabilities. The GED is a device that delivers a powerful and painful shock to wearers. The GED has been condemned by the United Nations as a weapon of torture.

I am writing to urge you to demand that the FDA ban the use of the graduated electronic decelerator (GED) on individuals with disabilities. The GED is a device that delivers a powerful and painful shock to wearers. The GED has been condemned by the United Nations as a weapon of torture.

The so called end will NEVER justify the means, this is cruel and inhumane.

This is barbaric

THIS IS ABUSE YOU BETTER STOP IF YOU DO THIS TO SOMEONE YOU'RE THE DEVIL

It is unconscionable that people think this center should be allowed to shock and torture children.

i swear why is shock therapy even a thing nowdays...

I was shocked and dismayed to find out that this behavior still happens! This can't be.

Stop torturing people!

Shock therapy is extremely harmful and dehumanizing. We won’t stand for this anymore. End shock therapy!

Why are we allowing people to be tortured for being different?

#stoptheshock

This is not ok

As someone who is autistic I would hate to see others like me to be shocked for being ourselves

It's disgusting how yall decided that this was okay. It was banned for a reason. Gross. Please undo what yall just did.

This is inhumane and needs to stop

Stop the shock.

Once again, disabled people are being treated as if they're unruly pets who need abusive training to come to heel. If you wouldn't use a shock collar on a dog, how is using shock collars on humans justifiable?

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Shock therapy is cruel and a punishment to the kids who deserve love and understanding.

Stop torturing autistic people!

Anything to stop this cruel thing organization

the fact this is happening is so unbelievably messed up. this is something we are thought about in history and are told it's over now but when we pull back the curtain of lies and deceit we see that it's still very much here. everyone involved in the continuation and utilization of this deserve e worst for doing that to someone. shut this place down, stop the torture, save the people inside from that treatment.

Issuing electric shocks to autistic children and adults is physical abuse and torture.

Abolish aba therapy!

This needs to stop, they are torturing people for something they can't control

this isn’t right.

This is beyond abuse this is TORTURE!! My daughter was nonverbal and had outbursts and NEVER ONCE was any abuse or SHOCKING done to her. There is plenty of therapies and teaching that can be done without ABUSE OR TOTURE!! THESE PEOPLE DOING THIS SHOUKD BE SHOCKED FOR INFLICTING THE TORTURE!!! STOP THE TORTURE AND SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN!!

Please stop the abuse!

This is an outrageous human rights violation

Not poggers also kinda cringe

As an Autistic woman myself this place disgusts me to my core. For all the people who have been tortured by this place, I stand by your side! You have my highest respect and I commend your bravery through the face of evil! Sincerely Alexandra

This “institute” should have been shut down a very long time ago. It has caused nothing but pain and misery.

This has to stop.

Evil AF. Needs to stop.

This place is sick. The one place where I would welcome a school shooter

WE NEED TO STOP THE SHOCK AND TAKE THE ORGANIZATION DOWN!!!!

Please shut this place down!!!

Stop torturing our disabled. Close it down!

Shut it down

this has to stop

I literally do not even know what to say. How on Earth is this place still open?

This is despicable and unacceptable.

Stop the Shock.

To read about this made me cry. How can this be legal????

Hope they got help

Assuming that autistic behaviors even need to be modified? There are plenty of behavior modification tools to use--pain and torture should Never be among them.

This is child torture, not treatment.

Stop this inhumane treatment . Stop the electric shock of adults and children! Uphold the ban of this horrific practice!

#stoptheshock

you can’t fix what isn’t broken this needs to stop

i find it so disgusting that people would do this. this just isn't ok in any way shape or form

This is disgusting and this subhuman “school” needs to be shut down.

This shocking of autistic children is sick and wrong and should be shut down as soon as possible.

Please protect the human rights of disabled people

This place is a nightmare. I'm from Massachusetts and we don't want this school here!!! Stop torturing disabled people!!

It is completely unacceptable to use electrocution on children, HUMAN BEINGS that have barely grown up! Autistic people should not have to be physically attacked by machinery for stimming (a healthy process), saying no (CONSENT) or for screaming in pain after being PHYSICALLY HARMED. I CANNOT HANDLE THE IDEA THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THE PEOPLE THAT CLAIM TO PROTECT US AND BE ON OUR SIDE #STOPTHESHOCK. Autistic individuals, such as myself have been mocked, misrepresented, silenced and TORTURED for years over something we cannot control, like our stims, verbal noises etc. The fact that this abuse is being applied to children is beyond appalling. its revolting, it makes me choke and makes me wonder what is wrong with the system that is supposed to make me feel safe and protected.

Stop the shock!!!

seriously what the actual fudge how do they get off on this

My child deserves better

#stoptheshock

Please end this cruelty immediately. It is unacceptable that this abuse is still happening in 2021.

Inhumane treatment. This must be stopped

hope this helps ❤️

This is torture. Torture is not treatment. Stop the shocks and Close the JRC

There is absolutely no sense in doing this to people

I am signing this petition to get the JRC closed and to get the staff to face criminal charges.

stop!

What is taking place at the center is completely wrong. It is TORTURE, not treatment and should not continue to run. It is time we put an end to the suffering of neurodivergent people, starting by shutting down this center!

If you can't be who you are and love who you want to...life is boring and miserable,let people be themselves,if its not affecting anything or what you do.Then its not wrong to be gay,transgrnder,queer etc. LET PEOPLE LIVE IN PEACE.

we need this to stop. these poor children

Close this place down! It's monstrous, and a place where torture is allowed! It's disgusting.

Please let this petition lead to the end of their shock therapies on the mentality disabled

This is torture, it needs to stop.

Shame on the Federal and State governments to allow these tactics. HELP - DON'T HARM. This HARMS people who do not have a voice!

Outrageous that this is happening in 2021 and that ANYONE could be in favor of these behavioral strategies.

Please close this place

Stop the madness. #stopshocktreatment

The Judge Rottenberg Center needs to be closed for their totally abusive treatment of people with severe disabilities. However states need to create safe,humane residential programs that support children with severe disabilities and their families.

There are proven other ways to help children with such significant behavior. Outside of the shock therapy children and adults are subjected to treatment, neglect, abuse and power struggles from inexperienced staff. The long term trauma that students will get in a trade off for having less non-compliant behavior is not an ethical decision that behaviorists and clinical directors should be allowed to make.

Stop this atrocious and inhuman treatment and close this disgusting facility. Employees should be banned from working with people with disabilities permanently.

Disabled people are people.

Please save autistic children. This reality is heartbreaking.

This is terrible.

THIS IS TORTURE

This is abusive! This is residential schooling 2021! This is a further mark of shame on the records of American history!

In the year 2021 they’re still using electric shock treatments on people?!? Is this for real?

This has to be heard!!

This is inhumane!!!

Y'all are monsters for allowing this to even exist

Thank you for helping those who cannot speak for themselves

I refuse to be complicit in the torture of children.

this is so disgusting.

I have no words.

If it's illegal for animals why is it legal for Autistics

This institution has been hurting and traumatizing people with disabilities for decades. There is no coming back from their legacy of violence. This institution must be closed!

THIS IS SO BAD AND SEVERE THERE AREN'T WORDS! IT NEEDA TO STOP NOW!!!!!

This is disgusting,

The Judge Rotenberg Center is violating the human rights of its residents in the most tortuous and vile fashion. This form of treatment is not only extreme, it is horrific and should be treated as the criminal offence it is. This is an abhorrent form of ableism. It doesn't protect these vulnerable children, it tortures and terrifies them for a wide range of behaviours, many of which are not self-injurious, not that the self-harming behaviours couldn't be handled by other methods. There is a huge potential for long-lasting, perhaps life-long trauma from going through the nightmare of being in this institution. It should be closed down and those running it should be facing criminal charges.

They can't get away with this! this is literally torture!

Stop shocking disabled children to """correct""" them

it against human rights and discussing

The actions this vulgar establishment has taken time and time again against some of the most vulnerable people in this world are absolutely damnable never mind condemnable. The allowance of those to go on by the government of Massachusetts is equally as deplorable and should have been stopped yesterday. I am deeply disgusted.

Torture is torture you can't call it treatment. I thought that this kind of stuff was gone 80 years ago.

Hope this helps

I can't believe this sort of thing is still happening in this day and age.

We don’t shock kids priod

THIS IS TORTURE OF OUR DISABLED! SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY

Michael Israel should be locked up for the remainder of his life

This needs to stop it’s disgusting how this is actually happening

This should not be legal. It will not change neurodivergent people, instead it will traumatize them.

This is barbaric this is torture this is ultimate in cruelty this is inhumane. Crimes against humanity are going on at that school. It’s deplorable. They should be jailed for this and never allowed near children again.

STOP THE TORTURE

I am the mother of a child who is there and I have been being lied to you for almost 10 years

It should be closed and anyone involved should lose their BCBA credential

The fact that Judge Rosenberg Ed Center exists today in Canton Mass is a testimony to the failings of our current time. A school that boasts they can rehabilitate the most disgusting of autistic related behaviors with the use of aversives (one of their cult glossary terms for torture). They operate with the undying support of parents, Congress people and so many others. The comparisons to a cult are difficult for me to not see. Their supporters are clearly lost themselves and have no innate aversion to the dark-age tactics the school and their founder, Mathew Israel embrace with a utopian like vision. I’m sorry that I discovered JRC and while I’m glad to see this bill to ban the use of electric shock discipline, restraints, isolation, etc. I don’t hold out much hope since they have been closed down before, sued in wrongful death cases, fined, etc. They enjoy state funding & have the support of of powerful people & have been operating since 1971.

STOP THE SHOCK

This is horrific, are we in medieval times come on you KNOW this is WRONG. Just stop torturing innocent ND persons. Just STOP iT already

Autism is not a crime!! Stop treating autistic people worse than prisons treat rapists and murderers!!

This is evil plan and simple and all those involved most face the most severe punishment the law can possibly dish out and there "school" must be shut down

I have learning disabilities myself and this is disgusting

Thank you

horrible

STOP THE SHOCK

STOP

STOP

It’s appalling that this even needs a petition to stop this horrendous practice.

End the torture done toward autistic children and adults!! Hold all involved accountable!!

Inhumane. Disgusting. This needs to end as soon as possible and if it won’t, we will take more action.

Ban the shock. It is a cruel and unjust practice.

Close it down

SIGN IT

My daughter had a friend who is still there and got severally abused. They don’t stop the abuse they keep quiet.

this is inhumanity in its purest form. it's disgusting and cold hearted. close the jrc because it's doing nothing but hurting people.

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#STOPTHESHOCK it’s unethical

Stop it

This is a human rights issue. This needs to be stopped, autistic people deserve justice

As a person with autism, and a father of a son with autism. I'm appalled at this torture. Also, I'm happy to train all of their staff, for free, if they stop using shock therapy forever.

Stop the shock!!!

#Stoptheshock

What is happening at the JRC is sanctioned torture and abuse. It's horrific that it has gone on so long, with ableist justifications to hinder immediate closure. Close it down!

They are literally torturing children for being themselves.

fgh

STOP THE SHOCK. Neurodivergency will save the world… or maybe you already know that

As an autistic, I find the treatment of individuals at this place to be absolutely disgusting.

This is abuse! You shouldn’t punish neurodiverse and disabled people for being who they are! You should help them through love! And just help them have tools to help like headphones for sensitive sounds and overstimulation or hearing aid for someone who can’t hear. And help them to be open with their feelings. Help them with the problems they have, they’ll get more hurt this way and be terrified every time they do something “wrong” which is subjective! This is not medical treatment. And never was. Electrocuting is for prisoners, disabled people are not prisoners!! They’re human for freaking sake! Would you want to be electrocuted every time someone thought you did something “wrong”? Well no cuz it’s abuse! You rather want to be taught or helped along the way with love and compassion and patience! People can freaking get burn marks from this?!

Why in the name of Anubis, no, AMUN does this even have to be stopped in the first place! This should not even exist!

AS an autistic person, this is horrifying and disgusting. In no way is torture to be justified

It's disgusting that a place like this still exists in today's society. What is wrong with people?

this is disgusting.

this place just abuses kids that don't have a voice

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY UNDOUBTEDLY DISGUSTING

They abuse them. I see them in public. A staff smacked a student. I called 911 and the cops laughed

Shut it down

This evil mental ans physical abuse will end now!

This center tortures disabled children and needs to close now.

How is this legal?!?

As an autistic person, I feel I need to sign this.

I'm not autistic, though I don't the idea of using shocks to control people.

This needs to stop ..it’s tantamount to torture…

Pls arrest all the staff members who are involved in this crime.

lets set fire to the place first get the kids out of course

God will strike down those who take pleasure in the suffering of others

The JRC is a terrible institution and it is unbelievable that people have allowed the torture of these kids for so long. Where is the humanity here?? I just wish people could wake up and realize how incredible awful this organization is and close it. No one deserves what the JRC does to its residents. So awful!! Close it NOW!!!!!

This place is EVIL.

UN calls their methods torture and still it's open

#StoptheShock

As someone who is on the Autism spectrum, I find the fact that the people who are in charge of the school think it's OK to do this to people with disabilities and that states in America allow this to happen. It's disgusting and I think that the minute this started to happen, it should've been shut down.

If they were doing it to non-disabled neurotypical kids we wouldn’t have to do this.

Stimming should not be punished, especially not with shock therapy. I am disgusted by JRC

This School Should Have Been Closed Decades Ago.

CLOSE THIS PLACE DOWN . THEN PROSECUTE ALL YOU PARTICIPATED AND ORDER THIS

This school desperately needs to be shut down permanently and subjected to bankruptcy.

Close it down

Stop this NOW

The practices the JRC is doing to both adults and even CHILDREN, as young as FIVE YEARS OLD is EXTREMELY inhumane. It is described as torture, and feels "worse than labor", said a victim

Autistic people are people first and should be treated as such. Imagine someone doing this to a neurotypical child because they weren’t doing a task in a specified way when multiple methods can achieve success

This place is a disgrace to humanity and actual EFFECTIVE and ethical ABA. I was taught at day one of my first behavioral science class that punishment doesn't work. And torture?! Yeah I'm pretty sure that's NOT ethical under ANY healthcare job title. These kids, people, deserve to be helped with love, understanding, patience, and lots of praise for the unique individuals they are. Not punished for the behaviors they can't control, or answers they cannot give.

Close JRC !!

This has to stop

Stop the shock!

Stop torture

When I first learned about the jrc and the shocks I couldn't believed it! It just seemed absurd to be true, but it really happens and it's unacceptable, I can't believe there are people out there who think torturing people with disabilities is okay, this center needs to be shut down!

I stand in support of autistic of individuals. Shut down JRC- no more autistic individuals should be harmed by the atrocities this facility and its leaders and staff are committing.

Alto a la tortura

Human Rights Abuses. Close them and prosecute them! Horrific torture practice

Basta de tortura!

Stop the shock!

This is absolutely barbaric

No mas tortura... el Autismo no es una enfermedad...

Close JRC and stop the shocking!

Stop the shock. I stand with the rights of my similes. I stand with the Autistics' Rights.

#stoptheshock

I hope this helps <3

but why

This is shameful behaviour.

This is sick and I would never allow my autistic son anywhere near this place.

Stop the shock!

This has to stop!

This is absolutely terrible, it breaks my heart to read all this information about how innocent children are being treated. How is this even remotely acceptable and why are people sitting around and doing nothing about it, just letting it keep happening. I truly hope and pray for these children and hope that someone rescues them and they find peace from the traumatic experiences they’re forced to endure. I feel so incredibly strongly about this and as a disabled individual, I am saddened that these children cannot be accepted, understood and treated correctly and with kindness by society. This world has so much hate and torture and at times I feel completely and utterly ashamed to be a part of the human race. I truly hope that there’s light past the darkness for these incredibly special, precious humans. No one deserves to be treated in this way, it’s beyond cruel. All my love goes out to these children ❤️❤️❤️

This center needs to close it is not helping autistic people and only traumatized them with the electric shocks. This center needs to close.

If this “treatment” were happening to neurotypical kids this place would be shut down immediately. The behavior approach to guiding ND people only shows a complete lack of any understanding or compassion for those whose brains work differently. It’s dog training, it’s dehumanizing. And it doesn’t “fix” anything because there’s nothing to be fixed in the first place. Where coping mechanisms and resources should be there is instead massive trauma and fear because of the tactics used at this place. There are so many alternatives that actually help people. It’s been long past due to put this violent, inhumane, outdated, illegal, and traumatizing institution to an end.

I am appalled that the Judge Rotenberg Center is abusing disabled people. I have a 3 year old Autistic daughter. Reading the allegations of abuse that this center is doing is morally wrong. We must stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Electric shock, with holding food , and isolation being used as forms of punishment is wrong. I cannot fathom having this happen and not stand up to the pure evil that this is. This must stop !!

I absolutely cannot believe that a place like this has not been shut down already. They are torturing disabled people for things they cannot help. It is absolutely heartbreaking and I can’t even wrap my head around it.

Autistic people aren't prisoners and shouldn't be treated as such, they're therapy is torture, not therapy in the slightest and only will have negative long term and short term affects, people died due to the actions going on in this center, stop this madness amidetly. Being mentally ill myself I would only be worse if I were to be treated this way growing up.

free my autistic siblings from this hell

please help these poor children

Disabled people ARE still people

This nonsense has to stop!! #Stoptheshock

Stop

This place needs to be shutdown. This is torture!

Shocking that this is even allowed to happen.

i hope you don’t mind that I’m using a fake name, but my email sure isn’t fake! My lord, what they’re doing in that center is awful and I hope everyone who works there gets equal punishment and that the innocent children get justice. They did not ask for these disabilities nor did they ask to be on the same planet as these horrific people. I wish I could kill ableism right now but that’s not possible so I can just try to do as much as I can to slowly kill the ableist mindset so that one day disabled people can love and live in this world in peace.

a shameful institution that should be put down, no more

That place is literally hell. No one should have to go through that.

what the hell man

Torture isn’t acceptable. The government needs to close this place down and we shouldn’t have to push them to do it.

This is horrible. Stop now.

This is torcher.

As an autistic person myself, I will not stand for these horrific tragedies and traumatic instances that take place, and I WILL NOT ALLOW TYRANNY TO STAND! We must fight for our freedom, and just like the right to an abortion, our rights are being stripped away from us by the evil Republican conservatives. WE MUST STOP THEM!!

Please stop the torture!

I am outraged that this center is still open and urge you to take action to shut its doors.

Close te JRC

This is an egregious act and completely unethical to treat human beings in this manner!

I myself am a neurodivergent individual and I was absolutely horrified and sickened that the stuff they do is being allowed. It is a human rights abuse and I also really wish Amnesty International would launch an investigation of this place. We cannot allow this to go on.

Stop torturing, and shocking the disabled. This is a barbaric treatment. Close this torture chamber down now.

Hope this asylum disappears from the world.

This place sounds horrible and should not exist in 2022. We need to do better.

Close this centre!

I have no idea how these people are legally allowed to assault children. If this happened kn a prison, there'd be millions of dollars owed in lawsuits. This is criminal, disgusting behavior, and it sets these kids up to be victims at the mercy of psychopaths masquerading as their caretakers. It's torture, plain and simple.

i hope the people who work and run this school rot

This is so sad

My daughter is there and they beating the living hell out of her. They burst her head against the wall in the bathroom. Now yesterday they pushed her down and her ankle is swollen and they won't take her to the hospital. They doing this to her cause she's telling me what they doing and they beat her. PLEASE IM AFRAID THEY GOING TO KILL MY CHILD IN THERE. I NEED HELP

I am deafblind and Asperger. I believe in the sanctity of all human life from womb to tomb and I am TOTALLY against ALL forms of torture. For aAny race, age group or ability.

Their evil abuse has to STOP!

It didn't even last a year

I am appalled that this is even a thing, I had no idea.... Of course it should be banned it is barbaric!!!

Please shut this place down!

End this now! Inhumane, physical torture inflicted upon CHILDREN!!

This needs to stop

If I didn't sign this before, I'll do it now. This hell hole should be glad I was never one of their autistic victims.

Some of Judge Rotenberg "Educational Center" 's methods to ensure compliance are recognised by the UN as torture and forbidden to be used on even criminals, let alone innocent disabled people. These cruel procedures leave children permanently traumatised and often cause physical injury as well. The Judge Rotenberg Centre needs to be shut down and the staff convicted of the crimes they have committed against their defenceless charges.

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Disgusting abuse

The practices of this place are inhumane and unacceptable. Bring it down!!

Hell is hot

This horrible place needs to be closed immediately.

This is one of the most horrific things. It's insane that this place is still open

Banning the shock devices is not nearly enough. The Judge Rotenberg center should receive more than a slap on the wrist, and shut down for good.

Please stop the electroshock “treatments”!

Close this barbaric place

#STOPTHESHOCK

Torture is wrong

I am a victim of jrc. When I reported the abuse, no one believed me except my dad, who couldn't do anything about it cuz of the state.

JRC has been torturing disabled students for over 50 years now. How many more must be victimised until this torture facility shuts for good?

#StopTheShock

Judge Rotenberg Center abusing children is disgusting.

STOP the inhumane practices!!

This has disturbed me since I was 7, I'm amazed it's still opened to this day.

This institution should be shut down permanently for the inhumane acts they perform on disabled adults and children. No person should EVER EVER be sent to that institution. And no one should feel obligated to send their loved one to that institution.

SHUT THIS BARBARIC INSTITUTION DOWN FOR GOOD

Please shut this facility down! As someone with autism, I’m terrified of this facility continuing to exist and given the recent rhetoric being spewed about autism, these types of facilities have a high likelihood of becoming mainstream in society once again. These types of facilities only serve to abuse and neglect those who are patients and ultimately those patients either have lifelong consequences of said treatment or they die from said treatment. This is unacceptable on every level and every & all possible actions should be taken to shut this place down permanently!!

This place should be immediately closed forever and their practices legislated against so they can never reoccur.

This is disgusting and needs to stop

Shock treatment of any kind is cruel and inhumane. There is NO justification for it! Shut it down!

Sick of ableism

Iam autistic and I though Eagleton school inc (I left there 1980) was bad but JRBC (I called it the judge rottenburg center ) much much worst shocking autistic kids I glad when they transfer me from adalestcent unit to eagelton I’m glad I not got send to JRBC yes eagelton was a very bad school and I’m glad they finally got shut down but JRBC should be shut down too and I hope they do then burn the building down well tear them down is more right good luck I hope read online they got shout down

It should be common knowledge that electrocuting disabled children is bad. Why is this place still open after decades of torture.

How would you respond if this was your child?!

STOP THIS LAZINESS AND LEARN AN WORK HARD TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO HELP CHILDRWN WITH DISABILITIES ONSTEAD OF ELECTRICITY THROUGH THEIR BODIES!

This place needs to be stopped. It is totally inhumane what they do.

Is the school and its residences still operating due to the founder's invented device?

Judge Rotenberg Center needs to shut down for good