#shock therapy

[thecorvidforest]

I need you all to know about the Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts.

(Content warning for below the cut: ableism, electroshock torture of developmentally & intellectually disabled people, mention of death)

Two days ago (Sep. 7th, 2023), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a residential school called the Judge Rotenberg Center can continue to use electric shock devices called GEDs (graduated electronic decelerator) that are worn 24/7 to attempt to control the actions of developmentally & intellectually disabled people.

JRC calls itself an education & treatment school for “emotionally disturbed students with conduct, behavior, emotional, and/or psychiatric problems, as well as those with intellectual disabilities or on the autism spectrum” (according to their website). They have around 50 residences throughout Massachusetts. Their strategies center around restraint and punishment for unwanted behaviors. At least five deaths are attributed directly and indirectly to their treatments.

They say these electric shock devices, which are stronger than a police grade taser and are irrefutably shown to cause permanent mental & physical damage, are “life saving” and that they’re used on people “for whom all other treatment options have been tried and failed”.

Here’s a short list of things their “students” (who are placed there by their families and very likely have no choice in the matter, and are disproportionately Black/Brown/Indigenous) are shocked for:

hand flapping/stimming

standing up

sitting down

swearing

speaking

not fulfilling a simple task

any perceived disobedience

making noises because of their disability

making noises while being shocked (such as screaming or crying)

sitting in the "wrong" way

acting without permission

incontinence

More info on JRC here and on their history here (content warning: graphic & disturbing descriptions of ableism & torture in both links, death & suicide in the 2nd link).

This is just the latest piece of an ongoing battle to stop electric shock treatment on disabled people. In 2023 we are still not seen as human enough to be the victims of human rights violations.

Info on how you can help here. Disabled people have been trying to get eyes on this fight for decades. Please talk about it. Please don’t let this go unseen like it always does.

#stop the shock #ableism #cw ableism #tw ableism #ableism tw #ableism cw #judge rotenberg center #shock therapy #torture #tw torture #torture tw #electric shock #cw torture #torture cw #disability #disability advocacy #developmental disability #intellectual disability #disability justice

[lunaeclipse2024]

1,000 units of electricity going through the feeble brain.

#electroshock #shock therapy #shock torture #electric shock #electroshock therapy #electroconvulsive therapy

[disease]

CHAIN OF CARE [1962]

#GIF EDIT #gif #film #psychiatry #typography #short film #black and white #monochrome #60s #shock therapy #educational #u

[emberecstasyy]

Do you wanna go get electro shock therapy together?

I think it would be really fun and we can get ice cream and kiss a little after. 🫶

#my post #text post #just a little zap between friends #a little electric kissing #come on it will be exhilarating #shock therapy

[head-post]

Argentines protest as lawmakers debate Milei’s sweeping reform bill

Argentine police on Thursday dispersed rubber bullets for demonstrators gathered outside Congress as lawmakers debated the new president’s sweeping package of economic, social and political reforms, The News Lens reports.

The clashes between police and demonstrators came on the second day of an expected marathon debate on reform plans by libertarian and capitalist President Javier Milei.

Local TV stations broadcast police firing rubber bullets and water cannons at hundreds of demonstrators opposed to the reform package. Members of the opposition at one point ran out of the building to watch and condemn the police action, but then returned to their seats and the debate resumed. Leftist lawmaker Mariano Del Cano said:

We cannot hold a session under these circumstances.

Read more HERE

#world news #world politics #news #argentina #argentina politics #javier milei #milei #milei presidente #protests #protest #current events #shock therapy #economy #finance #economics

[poisoned-sugar-cookies]

"No, it's not. He's real! Get him, Hobbes!"

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[anticbrvtalist]

MUSIQUE INDUSTRIELLE ET ESTHÉTISATION DE L’HORREUR

LES TACTIQUES DE CHOC DU GROUPE SPK

#industrial culture #spk #industrial music #control #psychiatry #shock therapy #counter culture #subversive

[aaabbbbgggg]

Electroshock therapy

#ect treatment #ect #shock therapy

[localsya]

live sya reaction

#its called #shock therapy

[srndpt2024]

Organ Grinder Circus Monkey Wood Trinket Decorative Box

#Organ #Grinder #Circus #Monkey #Wood #Trinket #Decorative #box #peter gabriel #shock therapy #bite #openness #transparent #permeability #st james #shock

[vodkacranberry]

#mine #aesthetic #shock therapy #50s aesthetic #vintage aesthetic

[lunaeclipse2024]

Agonizing treatment, the result is worth it though, submission.

#electroshock therapy #electroconvulsive therapy #shock therapy #shock torture

[matty-hatter]

2 years ago today marked the beginning of one of the worst time periods of my life....⚡SHOCK THERAPY⚡*creepy organ music* Yeah not fun, made me act weird as hell, was painful, also took away a good portion of my memory. So no I don’t recommend shock therapy.

#TW ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY #TW SHOCK THERAPY #mental heath awareness #SHOCK THERAPY #electroconvulsive therapy #MENTALLY ILL #MENTAL ILLNESS #MENTAL HEALTH #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[subversa]

The Masters of Madness tour (2013)

#masters of madness #Marilyn Manson #2013 #the masters of madness tour #shock therapy #shock therapy tour #Alice cooper

[head-post]

Thousands of protesting Argentines oppose Milei’s austerity plan

Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday to express their displeasure with the government’s economic shock measures.

The mass protest was the first real test for Argentina’s new libertarian president, Javier Milei, who took office earlier this month.

Milei has promised to cut government spending. The other day he announced sweeping plans to reform the economy and quell protests, creating a potential clash with social groups that have vowed to oppose his “shock therapy.”

Last week, Milei announced a 54 per cent devaluation of the peso currency, cutting subsidies and closing some government ministries He said the measures were necessary to tackle Argentina’s acute economic crisis.

Read more HERE

#world news #world politics #news #argentina #javier milei #shock treatment #shock therapy #economy #taxes #business #profit #employees #economics #austerity

[kawaiidoodles95-blog]

#shock therapy #henry creel #001 #scary #o no #insane #asylum #stranger things #st vecna #sad boy #bruh moment #no way dude