Autistic Voices Round Table Discussion: #StopTheShock

Autistic Voices Round Table Discussion: #StopTheShock

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Four Autistic individuals talked with Philip and each other about stopping the use of shock devices for Autistic people.

In March 2020 the Food and Drug Administration sought a ban to end using shock treatments as a way of treating people with Autism and other disabilities. In July 2021 a Federal judges in a 2-1 decision ruled that the ban interferes with the ability of doctors at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center to practice medicine.