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The founder of ABA said the following about Autistic kids:

ā€œYou see, you start pretty much from scratch when you work with an autistic child. You have a person in the physical sense ā€“ they have hair, a nose and a mouth ā€“ but they are not people in the psychological sense...."
"One way to look at the job of helping autistic kids is to see it as a matter of constructing a person. You have the raw materials, but you have to build the person.ā€
Lovaas strongly believed in intense behavioral modification interventions, that included harsh aversive techniques such as withholding touch and attention, isolation, and even giving electric shock "therapy"...
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(Waves in greeting.)
I see tons of #ActuallyAutistic folx chiming in on #Sia today, & I hope that you all will devote the same fervor to going to this link: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publiā€¦ to quickly make Public Comments for the upcoming US federal autism IACC meeting in April 2022. /1
I realize making Public Comment about #autism research & policy is not trendy nor exciting like celebrity news, BUT itā€™s a platform: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publiā€¦ to potentially help influence important issues impacting the lives of millions of autistic ppl & their families. /2
Currently, the ā€œloudestā€ & most consistent/persistent voices who are ā€œrepresentingā€ autism are privileged non-autistic literal curebie martyr moms who openly tout institutionalization & sub-minimum wage employment as solutions for autistic people w/the highest support needs. /3
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