FDA proposes ban on electrical stimulation devices used at Canton home for people with disabilities

CANTON, Mass. — In a step rarely taken by the agency, the Federal Drug Administration is proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used for self-injurious or aggressive behavior, which are used at a Canton home for people with disabilities. The devices, known as EDSs, are “intended to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior,” the FDA said in a statement on Monday. They are only used at the Judge Rotenberg Education Center in Canton, a home for people with severe autism and other developmental disabilities. The FDA estimates around...