WBUR

What to know about the FDA's new effort to ban a shock device only used at this Mass. school

Round two: The FDA is going back to battle with a Massachusetts school over a controversial electrical shock device. This week, the federal agency proposed a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices ...
lex18

This school used electric shock devices on disabled students for decades. The FDA just banned them.

After years of litigation, the FDA on Thursday issued a ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices (ESDs) — devices that were used to issue electrical shocks to the wearer in the hopes of changing behavior ...
Yahoo

Sent to school that uses electric shocks, Mass. woman runs for office to protect others

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In hopes of getting the help she needed, a Massachusetts woman was sent to the Judge Rotenberg Center — known for using electric ...
MassLive

FDA’s proposed ban on shock devices used at Mass. school faces new battle

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims the shock devices used at a Massachusetts school are unreasonably harmful, and have proposed banning the devices. But new federal legislation could prevent ...
Yahoo

Bill to ban use of electric skin shock devices on people with disabilities dies in committee

A bill to ban the use of pain-causing procedures on people with disabilities in Massachusetts has again died in committee. Supporters say the bill would have effectively banned the use of ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

FDA considers ban on device used at Mass. school that delivers shocks to people with disabilities

OF WCVB ANCHOR ED HARDING. THERE IS STRONG REACTION TO A FIVE INVESTIGATES SERIES ON THE JUDGE ROTENBERG CENTER IN CANTON. THAT’S THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY THAT SHOCKS ITS DISABLED STUDENTS WITH ...