ChildreninAmericaareundergoingelectricshocktreatmentingrowingnumbers.NowknownasElectroConvulsiveTherapy-orECT-thecontroversialtreatmentisbeingusedonseverelyautisticchildrenwhoarepronetoviolentself-harmingbehaviour.Forthefirsttime,BBCcamerashavebeengivenaccesstofilmachildbeingtreatedusingECT.OurWorld's,ChrisRogers,meetstheparentswhosaythetreatmentisimprovingtheirchildren'slives-andthecriticswhosayitisbarbaric.
