Children in America are undergoing electric shock treatment in growing numbers. Now known as Electro…
Children in America are undergoing electric shock treatment in growing numbers. Now known as Electro Convulsive Therapy - or ECT - the controversial treatment is being used on severely autistic children who are prone to violent self-harming behaviour. For the first time, BBC cameras have been given access to film a child being treated using ECT. Our World's, Chris Rogers, meets the parents who say the treatment is improving their children's lives - and the critics who say it is barbaric.