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There’s no point anymore in trying to persuade them to care. All that remains now is to show those who do care that the ABAI is a despicable institution, and that membership and adherence to its code of ethics is merely a pact of honour among thieves. tania.co.za/global-autism-…
tell me you won't allow this to happen in your country. That you will fight against this torture being rolled out where you are. tania.co.za/aba-state-fund…
People say that in the autism industry, there’s “good ABA” and “bad ABA”, and one shouldn’t write off an entire profession based on a few bad apples. OK, so, let’s toss out a few bad apples so that we can get down to the good ones. tania.co.za/bad-aba-and-go…
People often ask me, if ABA* is bad, then what is the alternative to ABA?

The problem lies in the assumption behind the question.

tania.co.za/alternative-to…
How ABA people silence autistic people and violate the #CRPD.
tania.co.za/aba-silences-a…
Non-speaking autistic people speak out against ABA... and are told to shut up. tania.co.za/non-speaking-a…
The ABA lobby is out to stop autistic communication, because it would show them up. tania.co.za/behaviour-is-c…
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[THREAD] I want to tell you about Spelling to Communicate, a method for non-speaking autistic communication that I helped to bring to South Africa along with Nicola Sowah (a speech & language therapist) and Luli Carillo (mother of non-speaking autist Leonardo).
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@AOC And ban conversion therapy for use against autistic people, where it's called ABA and the US government sponsors it across the entire country. #ABAisAbuse #CRPD #DisabilityRights
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@AOC Conversion therapy was turned mainstream first against gay people and then against vulnerable autistic children by Ivar Lovaas. There is still a nationwide multimillion dollar abuse industry sponsored by the US government, based on his work, and autistic people are the victims.
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[THREAD] "If you’re not in the autism world and if you’re not in the world within that world of nonspeaking autistics, those who have historically (and quite noxiously) been labeled “low-functioning,” then you might not know about the current controversy involving Wikepedia."
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