BOSTON—A key legislative committee is weighing a bill to dramatically reduce the use of shock treatments on students at a controversial special education school.
Sen. Brian Joyce calls the treatment barbaric and says it should be limited to those who present a clear risk of injury to themselves or others.
Parents of children with severe disabilities say they oppose the restrictions.
Eddie Sanchez says the treatment saved the life of his 31-year-old son who suffers from autism and mental retardation.
The hearing follows a state investigation into an incident last summer at a group home in Stoughton run by the Judge Rotenberg Education Center.
Two emotionally disturbed students were wrongly given dozens of shocks after a prank call.
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