Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities Nisbet Jan
The first book to be written on the Judge Rotenberg Center and their use of aversives in treatment for children with disabilities.For more than twenty years, professionals in the field of disability…
Specifikacia Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities Nisbet Jan
The first book to be written on the Judge Rotenberg Center and their use of aversives in treatment for children with disabilities.For more than twenty years, professionals in the field of disability studies have engaged in debates over the use of aversive interventions (such as electric shock) like the ones used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Advocates and lawyers have filed complaints and lawsuits to both use them and ban them, scientists have written hundreds of articles for and against them, and people with disabilities have lost their lives and, some would say, lived their lives because of them. There are families who believe deeply in the need to use aversives to control their children's behavior. There are others who believe the techniques used are torture. All of these families have children who have been excluded from numerous educational and treatment programs