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

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CNN Evening News for Tuesday, Jun 12, 2012
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) A follow-up look at the Judge Rotenberg Center† {JRC} where autistic and other students are zapped with electric shock to modify their behavior re-introduced; video of the 2002 shock treatments for an autistic boy shown. A recent appeal from Mental Disability Rights International that JRC violates human rights via torture noted; two statements about BRL treatment there quoted.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Rush University Medical Center Dr. Louis Kraub and JRC attorney Michael Flammia† about the center's use of aversive therapies. [KRAUB - says the JRC claims are ridiculous and other treatments are available; criticizes the use of shock treatment for the kids with aversive treatment being painful and not research based.] [FLAMMIA - says JRC gets the toughest patients in the country; defends the treatment as humane; states the critical statements against the center are all false.]

Reporter(s):: Cooper, Anderson
Duration:: 00:13:20

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