Thread by @Ghillie_Guide

Hey Autistic Person with Large Following/Reputation in Canada Here
#ActuallyAutistic
Ontario doesn't need an Autism Program and emphasis on it in politics is driven by lobbyists that push services that aren't evidence-driven/highly correlated to trauma
#ABAisAbuse #OnPoli

https://twitter.com/OLPWarRoom/status/1530545717957255173

The Ontario Liberals, when faced with the issue of #ODSPoverty(disability supports being legislated poverty), decided they can't commit to raising #ODSP significantly

Instead they are using #50KisNotOK to feign action on Disability
vimeo.com/339903359

The evidence-base for #ABA is so bad they call it needs-based instead and the reputation for ABA is so bad they won't even call it by name instead calling it needs-based therapy #ABAisAbuse
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

ABA scientifically has been linked to PTSD and been labelled as abusive by researched dedicated to understanding it's effects

In #ActuallyAutistic culture it's well known anecdotally as abusive, traumatic, compliance training
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Right now there's a push by #ActuallyAutistic people to #StopTheShock at #ABAIBoston #ABAI2022 conference where the JRC is presenting: a place with the most inhumane ABA "services"

Not like ECT the purpose of these shocks is to induce pain and compliance

When Ontario Liberals push #50KisNotOK it's all a calculated push that more people are influenced by these ABA Lobbyists(big $ behind these services) than Disability Activists talking about #ODSP #ODSPoverty and #MAID

https://twitter.com/autselfadvocacy/status/1530572141359468554

It's well-calculated

Support for ABA is highest among middle-upper class white people who benefit from and practice the kind of virtue signaling going on here

They won't say what "needs-based therapies" means but it certainly doesn't mean lifting Disabled people out of poverty

If you have heard about Autistic people rallying against @AutismSpeaks this is a core issue to us!

If ABA lobbyists didn't have this influence and power Ontario Liberals couldn't use it to distract from #ODSPoverty and keep Ontario's Disabled people in poverty
#OnPoli

Ontario doesn't need an Autism-Specific Plan; it's only being propped up that way by monetary interests

Disabled people, including Autistic people, who can't work in Ontario receive far too little government assistance; these services can't change that
#ODSPoverty #OnPoli

cw // suicide
The amount of support is so low that the level of assistance structurally pushes them into extreme poverty

Where the only escape other than suicide is #MAID(government assisted-suicide) a pathway the Liberals fought hard to make accessible during #Covid19
#CdnPoli

#CdnPoli #OnPoli #OntarioElection2022 @AnnMemmott @FunFactsLulu @DJNOntario

The #ABA Lobby exerts it's pressure on every party in North America and much of the world

It doesn't care about which party it needs to manipulate; it doesn't care about jurisdiction
noncompliantpodcast.com/2021/04/17/the…

My main goal here isn't to fight the liberals, NDP, cons

It's to disarm the ABA Lobby; to tear down it's influence that allows #50KisNotOK to even enter the discussion

#ODSP #ODSPoverty is THE ISSUE for Disability in #OntarioElection #OntarioElection2022 in reality

The conservatives are easily the worst decision here to be clear

Literally in favor of keeping #OSDP around half of the LICO level(poverty line) if you vote con you are voting to undermine the social welfare system as a whole(proven by Ford's record)