US bans shock `treatment´ on children with special needs at Boston-area school
(The Guardian United States)

FDA ban brings an end to decades-long battle against use of `aversive therapy´ at the Judge Rotenberg Center in MassachusettsThe US government has banned an electric shock machine that is used to zap children and young adults with special needs in a school outside Boston - the only institution in the world known to practice the controversial punishment `treatment`. Related: Elizabeth Warren drops out of Democratic presidential race - live Continue reading...