A therapist wears the remote shocking device on his belt as he monitors a student who is autistic at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Massachusetts. Many students at the school, who were born with autism and development disorders, wear shocking devices to control violent outbreaks. (Charles Krupa/AP)

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What to know about the FDA's new effort to ban a shock device only used at this Mass. school

The federal agency is proposing a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices intended to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior.” Currently, the devices are used at only one place in the country: the Judge Rotenberg Education Center in Canton, Massachusetts.

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