It's the latest development in a 30-year legal battle over Massachusetts' most controversial school. Late last week, state Attorney General Maura Healey began the process of appealing a judge’s ...

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 ...

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More than a dozen people testified in support of a Massachusetts bill meant to ban the use of electric shock therapies on people with disabilities at a hearing Tuesday in the state house. The bill ...