A bill to control the shock treatment therapy at the Judge Rotenberg Center is in the legislative hopper for the current session of the Massachusetts House. The bill proposes to limit shock treatments to those cases where the student might hurt himself or another; the application of shock treatments for minor offenses, such as swearing, would be prohibited. Need I say that the Center opposes this bill?
At present, about 60% of the students at the center receive shock treatments about once a week.
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