No matter how you slice it, it does not make sense to use electric skin shocks on people to retrain them. Because if it is an effective technique, as the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, MA claims,\u00a0 then why don’t we use it on proven violent criminals, too? Don’t we want them to learn how to behave in society? Don’t we want them to stop hurting people?<\/p>\n
We would not use skin shocks on proven criminals because that would be considered “cruel and unusual punishment.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If we as a nation are not permitted to use aversive techniques to retrain, rehabilitate proven criminals (murderers, rapists, child molestors) then why can a school use such techniques as electric skin shocks to retrain children who are aggressive or self-injurious?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Huh? I’m confused.<\/p>\n No, I’m outraged.<\/p>\n A while back, I asked my State Rep Jeffrey Sanchez if he would help shut down the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Mass, because JRC uses electric skin shocks to “treat” its autistic students who have severe problems with aggression. Rep. Sanchez replied that I can’t possibly know what it’s like… or he said something like that…<\/p>\n I absolutely can know what it’s like for my child to be aggressive and out of control. It is documented in my books, my blog, my heart. But my Nat had an excellent education<\/a> and he learned how to communicate. He learned to understand how to tell others what he needed, how to reach out when he had to or wanted to.<\/p>\n All people can learn. It is up to us — society, parents, schools — to be patient and figure out how. Without pain, horror, and abuse. It may take years, but it can happen. This I know. There simply is no justification for torture. If you watch the video, you will witness a child being tortured, in our state, on our watch.<\/p>\n