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#StopTheShock

The hashtag #StopTheShock is a campaign led by the autistic community to change current medical practices in the United States where an electric shock device called a Gradual Electronic Decelerator (GED) can be used on disabled children and adults.

The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts, USA, may force patients to wear the GED on their bare skin while a staff member with a remote control can send a signal to give them an electric shock when the patient exhibits unwanted behavior. Some patients wear these electrodes all day, every day, and some for years.

In a 2007 interview with ABC, the doctor that developed the GED, said, “if it didn’t hurt it wouldn’t be effective. It has to hurt enough so that the student wants to avoid showing that behavior again.”

Homepage » All Articles » #StopTheShock

#StopTheShock

The hashtag #StopTheShock is a campaign led by the autistic community to change current medical practices in the United States where an electric shock device called a Gradual Electronic Decelerator (GED) can be used on disabled children and adults.

The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts, USA, may force patients to wear the GED on their bare skin while a staff member with a remote control can send a signal to give them an electric shock when the patient exhibits unwanted behavior. Some patients wear these electrodes all day, every day, and some for years.

In a 2007 interview with ABC, the doctor that developed the GED, said, “if it didn’t hurt it wouldn’t be effective. It has to hurt enough so that the student wants to avoid showing that behavior again.”