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 Massachusetts school for individuals with severe behavioral issues and intellectual disabilities can continue to use electric shock devices to stop students from harming themselves and others, a ...

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The FDA is back to square one in its efforts to ban the use of electric shocks to stop aggressive behavior or self-injury, in a process that has spanned decades. The agency previously took the rare ...

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 ...

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 ...

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After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

Many of the electric shock devices used by law enforcement are meant to be out of sight, but every once in a while comes a reminder that their use is widespread. This time, it happened in Fort Worth, ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) in urging the ...