50 Years Torturing Disabled People is Long Enough | Judge Rotenberg Center | CC
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- A discussion about the Judge Rotenberg Center, its troubled past, their electro-shock device, and urgent legislation that would stop the shocks for good.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
- If you are in the UNITED STATES:
Contact your congressperson and ask for their support of KASSA (Keeping All Students Safe Act) H.R. 3474
More info about the bill - edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/d...
How to support - endseclusion.org/2020/11/24/s...
(I went to my congressman's website and submitted a personalized message directly).
- If you are in MASSACHUSETTS:
Contact your state representative and ask for their support of H.225, a bill that would essentially ban aversive therapy.
More info here - legiscan.com/MA/text/H225/2021
- Sign the petition here to close the school:
www.ipetitions.com/petition/c...
- Spread the word on social media, and listen to the experiences of survivors.
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ARTICLES & SOURCES USED (in no particular order)
- www.medpagetoday.com/special-...
- www.motherjones.com/politics/...
- web.archive.org/web/201405080...
- www.masslive.com/coronavirus/...
- www.forbes.com/sites/emilywil...
- www.autistichoya.com/2013/01/...
- autisticadvocacy.org/2014/08/...
- www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/0...
- www.motherjones.com/politics/...
- www.motherjones.com/politics/...
- archive.boston.com/news/nation...
Extensive repository on the JRC's abuses: autistichoya.net/judge-rotenb...
1974 Interview with Ivar Lovaas:
- tessawatkins.com/blog/2021/07...
More Information about Autism at:
- autisticadvocacy.org
- auteach.com
Jennifer Msumba (survivor) -
- CZcams Channel - / @jenmsumba
- Her video "Escaping the Judge Rotenberg Center" - • Escaping The Judge Rot...
(I intentionally produced and edited my video before watching hers and I HIGHLY recommend watching it - she talks about why she couldn't just leave or even tell her parents.)
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Context & content warning
2:04 Current Relevance
3:18 History of Shock Therapy & ABA
8:10 Matthew Israel's Failed Utopia
12:43 First Student Death
13:08 Relocation
13:33 More Deaths
17:43 New Name
18:02 the GED - use&misuse
27:33 More Than Shocks
29:54 Hoax Phone Call, Goodbye Israel
31:00 Consent Process
31:58 Efficacy of the program
34:53 The Elephants in the Room
37:24 Unanswered Questions
38:34 Autism & Disability Acceptance
40:08 How You Can Help!
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I worked there for a short time 21 years ago. 21 years ago they had about 18 homes scattered throughout Massachusetts from Attleboro near the Rhode Island line up to Canton Massachusetts. they are absolutely beautiful homes and that’s part of the way that Dr. Israel at least back then justified his behavior. during training staff were given the choice to give themselves a shock from the GED 4. Every trainees that did it screamed. there were 20 people in my training class most of us quit within a few months of being hired.
Thank you for sharing! That's awful people knew what it felt like and were supposed to shock students for screaming, when they did it too.
Thank you for producing this deep dive into the truth of the JRC. It couldn't have been easy on your soul. ❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭
Excellent analysis, absolutely horrifying and disturbing on so many levels.
when they shower they posey cuff( basically handcuff) one arm outside the shower. I got written up A LOT for not giving a GED when I was supposed to.
Thank you for making this video. I live in Boston and am contacting my representatives now.
Thank you! I was happy to see there's a bill that seems to be directly aimed at JRC.
I think they don't address him as "doctor" because he isn't licensed.
That was my assumption but couldn't find proof, just that he was "practicing without a license" in the 80s so I wasn't sure if that was prior to his PhD.
0:52 If you know hes a doctor then just go with what you know