• A Deadly Chronology A 20 year saga of the Behavior Research Institute/ Judge Rotenberg Center
• In the Footsteps of Cesar Chavez - Sue Rubin on Aversive Behavior Intervention
• Behavioral treatment under fire Parents of autistic, retarded support controversial approach
• SCHOOL AIMS AT THERAPY CRITICS
• CONTROVERSIES FROM THE PAST September, 1985
• FINDINGS OF FACT Oct. 6, 1995 Hon. Elizabeth O'Neil LaStaiti
• Off to a Good Start
• It was just one death Linda Cornelison
• A TASH Call to Action The Application of Aversive Procedures to Individuals with Disabilities

February 19, 1987 Boston Globe - CONTROVERSY EXPECTED OVER NEW BILL TO BAN AVERSIVE THERAPY
Controversy over treatments that use physical punishment to change the behavior of severely autistic children is likely to be renewed
as mental health and legal advocates push for passage of a bill that would ban all so- called aversive therapy programs.
Filed by the Developmental Disabilities Law Center, the bill represents the latest attempt to outlaw aversive therapy since the state
agreed this winter to allow the Behavioral Research Institute of Providence to continue using the treatment.

March 11, 1999 Boston Globe - LEGISLATORS PUSHING BILL TO BAN SHOCK TREATMENTS ON CHILDREN
A center that treats emotionally disturbed youths is the target of legislation that would ban behavioral shock treatment.
Supporters of the bill said it is inhumane to shock disturbed children by a remote control when they misbehave

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