tl;dr: Taking a pause, but not permanently If you’ve been following, you’ve probably noticed the pace has slowed quite a bit. If you haven’t noticed, don’t look at the dates on the last few posts. I stand by this blog and the importance of each and every article– both written…
Inappropriate Behavior Posts
We need to talk about Kupferstein. Let’s preface this by saying that I fully support further research on ABA’s effects on the living beings these strategies are used on – human or otherwise. Most human services, such as medical and psychology, make sure to examine side effects on any treatment…
Well, here we are again, and I’m going to run out of catchy titles for each time ABA International manages to make an ass out of themselves. Once again, they manage to demonstrate a lack of self-awareness so astronomical, that if it had a diagnosis, they themselves would probably label…
“Our Family is Different” In the sixth grade, my father sat me down for a “serious talk.” This was the first of a few “serious talks” he would need to have with me over the course of my childhood. As a diagnosed autistic person (Asperger’s at the time), I was…
I already did my rant deep dive on play skills. Tl;dr: Play is not play if it’s just imitating what neurotypical peers are doing. The underlying stream feeding that is pathologizing autistic behaviors and interests. Neurotypical children may have “interests” or “passions,” but autistic children have “perseverations” or “restricted interests.” …
TW: Descriptions of harmful practices. This might come as a shock, but I don’t have much of a history of behaving in ways neurotypical people would expect. I know. Take all the time you need with that. Over time, I’ve suspected this might be part of the reason I can…
TW: ableism, contingent electric skin shock (CESS) Well, it took the better part of a year, but ABAI finally released their – erm – “statement” regarding the use of Contingent Electric Skin Shock (CESS). It’s hard to call a 34-page document a “statement,” so I supposed the authors’ description of…
Trigger warning: Body-shaming, gender binary I’m going to go out on a limb here: There is something about your body you are insecure about. Am I wrong? If I am, then you are one of the lucky few out there, but I am 100% positive you know multiple other people…
Recently, ABAI released a statement in response to the avalanche of criticism they’ve received for constantly increasing the Judge Rotenberg Center’s presence at the annual conference. Specifically, about their lack of action in response to the serious concerns about the JRC, and overall sketchy practices. The response itself can be…
Many a caregiver of autistic kids will proudly declare that they don’t treat their child any differently than they would if they weren’t autistic. Especially if they have more than 1 child, at least one of whom is neurotypical, they will often provide several examples of how they will put…