This important book brings to light the shameful history of torturous methods used on individuals with developmental disabilities. If animals or prisoners of war had been subjected to this torture, the perpetrators would have been charged with felony cruelty to animals or war crimes. I am hopeful that by exposing what has occurred at the Judge Rotenberg Center, this work will finally bring this sad chapter of our history to an end.
Nancy Weiss
Jan Nisbet Ph.D. is professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to retiring in 2020, she served for ten years as the Senior Vice Provost for Research. Before assuming that position, she was the founding Director of the Institute on Disability and a tenured Professor in the Department of Education at the University of New Hampshire. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1982. Dr. Nisbet has published extensively in the field of disabilities, served on …