{"id":447,"date":"2012-05-17T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2012-05-18T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T14:41:04","slug":"family-of-autistic-boy-reaches-settlement-agreement-with-massachusetts-school-for-disabled-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/family-of-autistic-boy-reaches-settlement-agreement-with-massachusetts-school-for-disabled-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Of Autistic Boy Reaches Settlement Agreement With Massachusetts School For Disabled Children."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The family of Andre McCollin recently reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that they filed against a Massachusetts school for disabled children in which it was alleged that illegal shock treatments were used.<\/strong> Cheryl McCollin, Andre\u2019s mother, brought the lawsuit on behalf of her son, who had attended the school for disabled children in 2002 because he is autistic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgyIoDq0TDc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The trial included a video of Andre <strong>receiving shock treatments 31 times over the course of several hours while he yelled at school officials to stop<\/strong>. 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