A high ranking United Nations official has declared electric shock to be “torture” as it’s used at a facility treating autistic students and requested the United States government to investigate the allegations.
The Judge Rotenberg Center, in Canton, Mass., uses electricity to shock autistic children and children with severe behavior problems.
About 100 students, or nearly half of those cared for at the facility, are from New York state.
Michael Flammia, a lawyer who represents the center and a parent group, told Long Island Business News about half of the center’s students receive electric shock.
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