They don't #ListenToNonspeakers either.
https://twitter.com/AnnMemmott/status/1402896212219551748
A good way to make sure nobody speaks against ABA is to reduce people's ability to say what you don't like.
https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1404006667407212555?s=19
With the right supports for the various communication disabilities in autism, we could have a lot of nonspeaking autistic people communicating. Here's a thread with approx. 100 nonspeakers who have something to say.
https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1360724255906873344?s=19
Once they are able to communicate freely, nonspeaking autistic people who've experienced ABA can tell you what they think of it. tania.co.za/non-speaking-a…
Denying autistic people access to the types of AAC that might allow them to express negative feelings about ABA is a priority for some ABA people, especially those working closely with ASHA.
https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1403991425235263494?s=19
Even though they talk about 'recovering the child from autism', there are parents and therapists at South Africa's most expensive ABA school who say they are "not trying to change who the child is," they're "just trying to help him cope better in this world".
Reminds me of...
Reminds me of...
Alexander Graham Bell, the man who cared as much about Deaf people as Lovaas cared about autistic people!
Bell's father was a teacher for Deaf people!
His own mother was Deaf!
Surely he knew what was best for Deaf people, tralalala!
Or maybe not. 🤔
Bell's father was a teacher for Deaf people!
His own mother was Deaf!
Surely he knew what was best for Deaf people, tralalala!
Or maybe not. 🤔
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