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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims the shock devices used at a Massachusetts school are unreasonably harmful, and have proposed banning the devices. But new federal legislation could prevent ...

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 ...

A bill to ban the use of pain-causing procedures on people with disabilities in Massachusetts has again died in committee. Supporters say the bill would have effectively banned the use of ...

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 ...