This post is in response to the announcement shown below from ABA International’s Facebook page on 9/7/2021. The announcement came as a bit of a surprise, to me at least, considering how long the autistic and ABA Reform communities have been reaching out to them to say or do– well,…
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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…
BCBAs are all about dissemination. We want the world to listen to us because we have the secrets of the universe! OK, yes, that’s a little sarcastic, but an understanding of behavior is definitely useful and interesting to talk about. ABA can offer solutions to a lot of world problems,…
First, I want to thank Not Another Autistic Advocate for taking the time to talk and listen to me with patience, and for all of the emotional labor they put into educating the world. They inspired this post by teaching me and helping me see the autistic perspective on this…
One rotten apple spoils the bunch The “one rotten apple” argument has been really popular these days, especially with the right. It’s probably the number 1 argument I see against dismantling the police. Well, there are also calls to dismantle ABA, which means this same argument is also popular among…