Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official

Emily Willingham www.emilywillinghamphd.com www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham   Trigger warning: discussion of Judge Rotenberg Center, aversives, mistreatment of autistics Some practices used as “therapy” for autism in the United States amount to torture, a U.N. representative says. The U.N.’s Juan Mendez is the organization’s special rapporteur on torture, and in his report examining torture worldwide, he’s called out […]