EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 25 MIN
S2E8 The enraging legalized use of shock torture on disabled children
*TRIGGER WARNING (SENSITIVE CONTENT)In this episode we discuss the use of shock torture (under the false disguise of providing alleged therapeutic benefit), and more specifically it's application on disabled children at the Judge Rotenburg Center in Massachusetts.#StopTheShock: https://autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/The Lobotomy Craze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4HGSaDA5sk*TRIGGER WARNING: contains video footage of autistics in physical pain NBC senior investigative correspondent Cynthia McFadden reports on JRC controvery (circa 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhPMNdnOW8&t=522sRyan O’Connell, for VICE, joins ADAPT activists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXn6l9fP2dwAASR piece on JRC methods and medical research on inefficiency: https://endseclusion.org/2024/05/13/stop-the-shock-now-take-action-by-may-28/Gershoff, E. T. (2002). Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviors and experiences: A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin, 128(4), 539–579. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539
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