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“ABA itself is not abusive, it’s just how it’s used”.
#ABAharm comes from:
-lack of regulation and disinterest in understanding for who, when or how ABA harms.
- grandiose claims that ABAers have a clue about what is good or bad for autistic development and quality of life...
#ABAharm comes from:
-lack of regulation and disinterest in understanding for who, when or how ABA harms.
- grandiose claims that ABAers have a clue about what is good or bad for autistic development and quality of life...
...So social validity is a huge inherent problem of ABA across the field and also means most ABA does not meet its own definition of ABA.
Back to “ABA in itself is not abuse”. An example of a “hammer” is often given by BCBAs eg McEachin and Leaf & son...
Back to “ABA in itself is not abuse”. An example of a “hammer” is often given by BCBAs eg McEachin and Leaf & son...
...the trouble is ABA is like studying/supervision on what hammers are, what technical parts and different hammer types are called “hammer speak” and how to document the number of blows and extent to which an item has been pushed in from each blow (the data), but not....
@samurai_snake @lnc0 There is no ABA literature on how ABA harms. You can harm in other ways:
neuroclastic.com/2019/03/28/inv…
And the Ethics Code and BCBA task list allows for punishments and aversives. Examples #TodayInABA to follow....1
#ABAharms
neuroclastic.com/2019/03/28/inv…
And the Ethics Code and BCBA task list allows for punishments and aversives. Examples #TodayInABA to follow....1
#ABAharms
@samurai_snake @lnc0 🧐
Electric shocks still happening (JRC argue not to stop, despite FDA saying need to stop by end Sept 20)
Using hunger and food to coerce: ABA research 2020
Slapping kids to stop them moving (Dec 18)...2
Electric shocks still happening (JRC argue not to stop, despite FDA saying need to stop by end Sept 20)
Using hunger and food to coerce: ABA research 2020
Slapping kids to stop them moving (Dec 18)...2
@samurai_snake @lnc0 🥸
Forcefeeding in ABA May 19
2018 research deliberately exposing kids to painful noises pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29876921/
Blocking 5 yr old's ear covering, hand/arm flapping and hand/finger posturing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ja…
Forcefeeding in ABA May 19
2018 research deliberately exposing kids to painful noises pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29876921/
Blocking 5 yr old's ear covering, hand/arm flapping and hand/finger posturing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ja…
Feel free to add examples #TodayInABA of "quiet hands" and stopping of harmless stimming.
This latest research review is a start...
#NotMyABA #ABAresearch #ABAharms #ABAworks? #SEND
This latest research review is a start...
#NotMyABA #ABAresearch #ABAharms #ABAworks? #SEND
Another tutor of @AmbitiousAutism traumatised by seeing the ABA and treatment of kids.
Ambitious now say PBS (to distance from "ABA").
They removed reference to #ABAresearch on website, no results reported 🤔
Tagging ABA lawyer @SteveBroach
Ambitious now say PBS (to distance from "ABA").
They removed reference to #ABAresearch on website, no results reported 🤔
Tagging ABA lawyer @SteveBroach
And another ex-tutor of @AmbitiousAutism traumatised by ABA and treatment of kids there. "hew" ABA harms #TodayInABA
But school has o/s rating so must be ok?
@CommonsEd @TizardCentre #UKSBA #PBSisABA @ProfRHastings @CQCProf @Ofstednews
But school has o/s rating so must be ok?
@CommonsEd @TizardCentre #UKSBA #PBSisABA @ProfRHastings @CQCProf @Ofstednews
Correction Billie was a member of the Youth Council (Young Ambassador?). Billie has bravely spoken out.
More in the comments, but ABA cowboys just don’t stop
There is harmful misinfo about #coronavirus in this@ABALearningLab blog & ABA busine$$ continue$, despite close contacts for transmi$$ion, visiting between homes, clinics, towns
This blog also breaches #BCBA Code of Ethics
There is harmful misinfo about #coronavirus in this@ABALearningLab blog & ABA busine$$ continue$, despite close contacts for transmi$$ion, visiting between homes, clinics, towns
This blog also breaches #BCBA Code of Ethics
False statements that ‘ABAers are better trained than most and that they are healthcare specialists so know about evidence based practice to deal with #coronavirus’
Breach of @BACB_Inc #BCBA ethics code.
#ABA #behavioranalysis #TodayInABA @AutismEye @Tizard_ABAPBS @ABAIEvents
Breach of @BACB_Inc #BCBA ethics code.
#ABA #behavioranalysis #TodayInABA @AutismEye @Tizard_ABAPBS @ABAIEvents
Harmful misstatements:
“What we’ve learned so far is that the virus.... seems to have a preference for older individuals and those with compromised immune systems.”
“To date, children are far less likely to be infected.”
@BACB_Inc @BACB_Worldwide @Tizard_ABAPBS @ABAIEvents
“What we’ve learned so far is that the virus.... seems to have a preference for older individuals and those with compromised immune systems.”
“To date, children are far less likely to be infected.”
@BACB_Inc @BACB_Worldwide @Tizard_ABAPBS @ABAIEvents
Being autistic means I don't have a fucking choice in the games the people around me play or the ability to consent in whether or not I want to play those games. I don't. I don't consent.
Being autistic means that people get to pretend I'm crazy and every one else can nod their sweaty heads in agreement when I say things like, "You're attempting to justify abuse for financial gain."
Being autistic means that you can pretend I'm socially inept because I don't care what you think. And I really don't.
Pro Tip: Vague suggestions or statements are not hard for all autistics to interpret, but they are for most. Couple that with an emoji with a vague expression, and it's even more difficult. It's not that we can't understand that there is nuance. We do. We very much do. (cont)
What we don't know is what the right interpretation of the comment is. Are we being complimented, flirted with, insulted, given a hint, fed passive aggression, asked a question? Is it sarcastic? Ironic? Will we be accused of getting it wrong? What's the tone? (cont)
Is it a playful joke in good faith, or is it meant to hurt? There are all these questions, and more, & then an infinite amount of degrees and complex interplays. It would feel arrogant to "guess," so we get stuck in a loop.
Like most publications, The Aspergian uses editors. This is an accommodation for people who have important things to say but who may not have writing an area of strength or who have barriers to writing. There is no shame in an interdependent community.
Being able to find support and also to express oneself is a basic human need autistic people are often denied. We have editors who don't write their own content. We have people who do research and support behind the scenes. We have some who are only tech people.
This model of support that is judgement-free and empowerment-focused should be implemented in professional and advocacy contexts, for disabled and abled people. We have put together something great, and not one autistic person invested themselves because of external motivation.
Do you feel the pressure on you to be more polite, more socially graceful, more responsible, and more "lady-like" (if female/non-binary) stifled your potential? Do you think pushing you to be a multi-tasker and social butterfly affected your career potential?
Do you think gender norms affected you more & played a role in your life path? Do you think your special interests were stifled because they weren't socially acceptable or the amount of time you spent on them wasn't balanced against more socially-normative interests?
Because it seems like my entire childhood was a giant push to make me less like me, but my brothers were encouraged. Dinosaurs and rescue vehicles? GREAT! Sports? GREAT! But when I asked for what I wanted, I got the opposite. Wanted tools, got Barbies and toy kitchens.
