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Invisible Abuse: ABA and the things only autistic people can see
Invisible Abuse: ABA and the things only autistic people can see
May 15, 2019

On one side you have the neurotypical parents and families of autistic children, and on the other you have the online community of adult autistic people, many of whom are parents to autistic children.

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An Open Letter To Families Considering Intensive Behavioural Therapy For Their Child With Autism
An Open Letter To Families Considering Intensive Behavioural Therapy For Their Child With Autism
May 15, 2019

If you are considering an in-home (or out of home) Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) program for your very much loved autistic son or daughter, please consider the following.

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ABA and My experience with it
ABA and My experience with it
May 15, 2019

Everyone raves about ABA and how wonderful it is. Not a lot of people have asked an autistic adult about their experience with it. I had blocked out my memories of it until I got involved with an autisic support group prior to my diagnosis.

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The cost of compliance is unreasonable
The cost of compliance is unreasonable
May 15, 2019

I don’t want my child, your child, any child to ever feel that her body is not her own. To know that nobody has the right to force her body to do anything. And I can now see how…

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Appearing to enjoy behavior modificiation is not meaningful
Appearing to enjoy behavior modificiation is not meaningful
May 15, 2019

People who can’t say no, can’t say yes meaningfully. Looking happy isn’t meaningful if you’re rewarded for affecting happiness and punished for looking visibly distressed…

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Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis
Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis
May 15, 2019

The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS)
in adults and children who were…

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What's the Big Deal With ABA Therapy?
What’s the Big Deal With ABA Therapy?
May 15, 2019

ABA was never designed to help autistic people.
It was designed to suppress a person’s autism and try to make them compliant, neurotypical-acting robots.

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I Abused Children For A Living
I Abused Children For A Living
May 15, 2019

You see, I was an ABA therapist. My official title was Behavior Technician which in itself is really telling. I was hired off the street with no background in child development, no knowledge of autism or ABA…

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