Friday, December 19, 2008

The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center is a special needs school in Canton, Massachusetts which serves patients from ages 3 to adult. Previously, it was involved in a incident where a former patient was able to convince the staff to apply electrical shock to two of its current patients. This same center has once again been involved in another such incident. This incident involved taking a man's son and tying all four of his limbs to a board. The son eventually resigned to their effort, saying only, "Let them know I'm being compliant." During the next hour, the son recieved dozens of rapid-fire shocks to his abdomen and limbs. These shocks not only violated his treatment plans, but also cause him to lose his breath. All of the shocks that the son recieved were the strongest shock used at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. Even the Shift Supervisor, Michael Thompson, had to leave the room saying that the sight made him want to either cryor throw up. The Center's defense for this case was that on this shift, they had very few workers who spoke good english. The Center even destroyed video evidence of this incident after investigations. The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center definitily needs to be looked into. Two such incidents involving forced shock treatment should never happen.

8 comments:

ann314 said...

hmm...this sounds interesting. it's weird how a former patient can convince staffs to perform such a peculiar task.

betcy a. said...

Interesting article..I like the story.

Kayla said...

This is interesting, yet disturbing. Those people need to hire a better, more educated staff! things like that just shouldn't happen. but interesting topic!

D.Ye said...

Very intresting... Great story. Funny how doctor's dont always do what the patient asks for...

Jay D. said...

I like your article... very interesting.

Angela S. said...

Wow. Especially after watching the video on shocking before, this is really interesting. Very disturbing, especially because the center has had two occurrences already.

Lorenza L. ♥ said...

yeah some psychiatrists go crazy when they should be the sane ones when it comes to their patients

Joshua L. said...

that's kinda messed up. good information. interesting stuff.