Featured picture credit: WCVB-TV CW: abuse, child abuse, restraint, torture, suicide, shock At this point, if you are in any way involved in the autistic community, there is no way you haven’t heard of the Judge Rotenberg Center and the #StopTheShock movement. For those of you coming to this issue…
Month: July 2021
CW: child abuse, ableism, torture Ivar Lovaas: The father of ABA. Lovaas’ 1987 study is an ABA grad student’s second most important resource other than the White Book. It’s the source of the “40-hour rule,” which is usually in the context of early intensive behavioral intervention (IEBI) meaning it is…
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/19/22339228/intellectual-disabilities-challenging-curriculum I came across this article and wanted to highlight it here. Because it deserves a click and your full attention, I will be discussing it with the assumption that you’ve read it and will not be summarizing it. In this article and the related one about The Celery Story…
CW: Abuse, grooming, sexual assault What does it feel like when you tell a child to do something and they just don’t? When they look you dead in the eye and do the opposite? What about when they just flat out tell you “no” and stare back at you with…