KSHB Kansas City

FDA bans shock device used on mentally disabled patients

Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities. The announcement from the Food and Drug ...
WBUR

What to know about the FDA's new effort to ban a shock device only used at this Mass. school

Round two: The FDA is going back to battle with a Massachusetts school over a controversial electrical shock device. This week, the federal agency proposed a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices ...
lex18

This school used electric shock devices on disabled students for decades. The FDA just banned them.

After years of litigation, the FDA on Thursday issued a ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices (ESDs) — devices that were used to issue electrical shocks to the wearer in the hopes of changing behavior ...
MassLive

Former students say Canton facility’s electric shocks aren’t all they endured

Electric shocks were only the beginning. On Tuesday, a former student told lawmakers the abuse at a Canton facility runs far deeper — with an advocate sharing similar accounts from others, including ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

FDA considers ban on device used at Mass. school that delivers shocks to people with disabilities

OF WCVB ANCHOR ED HARDING. THERE IS STRONG REACTION TO A FIVE INVESTIGATES SERIES ON THE JUDGE ROTENBERG CENTER IN CANTON. THAT’S THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY THAT SHOCKS ITS DISABLED STUDENTS WITH ...