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Electric shock treatment can help to control aggressive and violent behaviors of children with autism. The shock treatment was first used at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC) in US by a doctor named Matthew Israel, the director of the center. It seems to be an inappropriate punishment for autistic children – especially some of them are only six years old, but the center insists that the treatment really works.

The shock therapy involves attaching electrodes to a child’s legs, arms and torso for about two seconds, which can only happen when the center has the permission of both the parents of autistic children and a court. The shock device is called GED, which is designed by Dr. Matthew Israel.

Jackie Roberts, an Australian autism expert, says the Electric shock therapy simply wouldn’t work and would probably make things worse. However, there’s also a teenager Ed Ferry who spent 5 years attached to Dr Israel’s device, says it helps to his autism. ”The beauty of it is there’s no side effects,” Israel said. ”It’s a temporary painful experience for two seconds.”

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This entry was posted on Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 10:02 am and is filed under Autism Treatment.