Lawmakers Consider Proposals Banning The Use Of Skin Shock Therapy

Lawmakers Consider Proposals Banning The Use Of Skin Shock Therapy

Later Tuesday state representatives will hear a proposal for a ban on so called ‘skin shock,’ or aversive therapy, for children attending the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton. The JRC is the only known school in the country that offers the skin shocks, which supporters say not only help developmentally disabled children lead normal lives but also keeps many of these children who injure themselves and others alive.