Massachusetts / Rotenberg Center / Shock Treatment / A Discussion (Part IV)

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CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) A follow-up look at the Judge Rotenberg Center† where students are zapped with electric shock re-introduced; video of the 2002 shock treatments for an autistic boy shown; a statement from U.N. special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez about electroshock as torture quoted; details given about how the shocks are used at the school and investigations by the FDA and Justice Department. [Former JRC teacher's aide Greg MILLER†- outlines the minor offenses calling for shock.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Tom Foreman) What the government agencies are saying about the investigations discussed.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Rush University Medical Center Dr. Louis Kraub and Massachusetts senator Brian Joyce about the use of shock by the Rotenberg Center; a JRC statement about Joyce's criticism of the center quoted. [JOYCE - says the JRC has spent millions on lobbying; comments on the legislation to protect disabled children from these treatments.] [KRAUB - questions having electrical devices on kids that burned the skin; questions the validity of the use of this type of aversive treatment.]

Reporter(s):: Cooper, Anderson;; Foreman, Tom
Duration:: 00:12:50

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