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The founder of ABA said the following about Autistic kids:
āYou 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...."
āYou 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"...
So after .@MorenikeGO 's very important thread
about how autistic people should send public comments to IACC (the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee),
we have come up with this hashtag - #IACCForAutistics
Because a committee about autism Should be for us.
about how autistic people should send public comments to IACC (the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee),
we have come up with this hashtag - #IACCForAutistics
Because a committee about autism Should be for us.
If you believe IACC should have autistic people's best interests at heart,
consider submitting a comment with your thoughts about what autism research should look like, and what supports autistic people should have in place -
iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publiā¦
#IACCForAutistics
consider submitting a comment with your thoughts about what autism research should look like, and what supports autistic people should have in place -
iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publiā¦
#IACCForAutistics
If case you're wondering
"Why should I submit a public comment to IACC?"
Let me show you just part of what was written by the NCSA (national council on severe autism) in July 2021 as a public comment.
TW ableism
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"Why should I submit a public comment to IACC?"
Let me show you just part of what was written by the NCSA (national council on severe autism) in July 2021 as a public comment.
TW ableism
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"Honest language to communicate realities. It is crucial that discussions at the federal level retain the
language the reflects our clinical and daily realities, such as the following examples we commonly hear
from our families and practitioners: abnormal, maladaptive,"
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language the reflects our clinical and daily realities, such as the following examples we commonly hear
from our families and practitioners: abnormal, maladaptive,"
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"catastrophic, chaos, low-functioning,
suffering, devastating, panicked, hopeless, desperate, exhaustion, overwhelming, anguish, traumatic,
bankrupting, financially crushing, suicidal, epidemic, tsunami. We stress this not to detract from the
many positives"
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suffering, devastating, panicked, hopeless, desperate, exhaustion, overwhelming, anguish, traumatic,
bankrupting, financially crushing, suicidal, epidemic, tsunami. We stress this not to detract from the
many positives"
3/5
(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 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 itās 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 āloudestā & most consistent/persistent voices who are ārepresentingā 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
