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Rob Profile picture
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May 20 • 11 tweets • 5 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/11 I’m assuming this is referring to experimental behaviour analysis and not ABA?

Or are we saying that electrocuting people against their will was in line with the Social model?
appliedbehavioranalysisprograms.com/faq/dr-ole-iva…

#BetterWaysThanABA
2/11 Was force feeding people through ABA in line with it?

3/11 How about when it used punishment style interventions to stop people stimming?

A lot of these papers relate to simple hand and finger movements

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
4/11 Is deciding what constitutes a ‘challenging behaviour’ without talking to or learning about autistic people in line with the social model?

“Examples of challenging behaviour may include behaviours such as rocking or pacing”

huntercombe.com/managing-chall…
5/11 Is using praise to get children to expose themselves and be touched without informed consent in line with the social model?

Surely conditioning children to be victims of sexual predators isn’t part of the social model.



onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
6/11 In this BCBA’s opinion ‘crying’ is recognised as a challenging behaviour if done by an autistic child and they set out ways to stop ‘autism crying’.

Not allowed to cry. Surely that’s not in line with the social model?

marybarbera.com/autism-crying/
7/11 Forcing participation isn’t in line with the social model.

Forcing compliance on ‘Escape maintained problem behaviour’,

Definition of Elopment in this study is characterised as moving 15cm away from the person demanding them not to.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ja…
8/11 Planned ignoring as a method used to deal with distressed and upset children.

Punishing people for being upset isn’t very in line with the social model.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35831693/
9/11 Exposing someone hypersensitive to sound to see how distressed they become…this is literally torture, but somehow BA’s want you to believe this is in line with the social model 🫠

link.springer.com/article/10.100…
10/11 There are hundreds if not thousands of these studies on this dangerous intervention.

The studies above were acquired following a quick search of @AnnMemmott and @abaukdiscussion’s pages

Simply stating BA has always been in line with the social model doesn’t make it so.
11/11 If you want to collaborate and work with the autistic community, stop the PR, manipulation, and outright lying at every possible opportunity

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May 9
oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-…

I’ve watched the meeting between Irish ABA/PBS lobbies and the Disability matters committee.
The meeting occurred as a response to the committee’s stance against ABA/PBS.

Here’s a summary and my thoughts🪡

#BetterWaysThanABA
1) At 2:14 into the meeting the first practitioner states that “Behavioural analysis is not a therapeutic intervention for autism”.

For the next 90 minutes they spend most of the time talking about behavioural analysis for autism.
2) A lot of things are mentioned about the settings and scenarios where behavioural principles are used.

They don’t talk about how ABA/PBS comes into that.
They’re just saying that behaviour exists as a thing and seem to think they’re making a point.
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Jun 22, 2022
1/10 I’ve heard the ABA community aren’t happy with @AsIAmIreland over their recent stance on ABA “and related therapies” but that the PBS community are happy.
2/10 ABA and PBS are the same thing. This is why releasing a statement taking a stance on “other related therapies” but not actually naming PBS/social skills training is completely pointless and @AsIAmIreland are aware of this.
3/10 PBS therapists ARE ABA therapists under a different title. Their qualifications, backgrounds and methods are all based on ABA.
To become a qualified PBS therapist you have to do ABA first.
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Jun 20, 2022
1/ This isn’t a well thought out thread, it’s more of a burnt out rant and a few thoughts about having a career in adult disability services and supporting autistic people, context as always is Ireland:

#ActuallyAutistic
2/ I was speaking to a person with 15 years exp in adult disability services, we’re both interested in working in advocacy. Before talking to me they thought autism was a conspiracy because it wasn’t around when they were growing up, they knew nothing about autism at all.
3/ We spoke for less than half an hour, or more-so I went on a rant about autism for that time. She said I was incredibly smart and passionate and would be a fantastic advocate, we also both agreed that realistically I have no shot of getting the job while she does.
Read 12 tweets
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Apr 29, 2022
1/ I’m very critical of ABA, it’s an abusive conversion therapy used on autistic people.
But when I started out working with autistic people I was pro ABA.

This is in Ireland but I’d imagine this is similar in other countries

Thread of my experiences: 1/18

#ActuallyAutistic
2/ I knew nothing about autism (I had been diagnosed with severe anxiety, agoraphobia and depression) and I learned about autism through an ABA lens. The moment you start working with autistic people ABA (or PBS) is shoved down your throat as being the only thing that works.
3/ For any disability support service I’ve worked in I’ve had to do PBS training (similar to ABA), MAPA training and/or CHI training.

They are advertised in a way that they protect staff against autistic people. The propaganda starts before you even get into the service.
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Apr 27, 2022
1/ ABA hasn’t been mentioned a lot in the Oireachtas. A few TD’s mentioned it last year in support of behavioural therapists.

How many of the TD’s that raised ABA or behavioural analysis in the Oireachtas actually knew what it was?

#AutismAcceptance
#ActuallyAustistic
2/ @RBoydBarrett on 19 May 2021 raised whether behaviour analysis professionals could secure permanent positions so they may continue “supporting the education in special schools of children with autism”. Image
3/ @ReadaCronin on 5th May 2021 raised a similar question stating that behavioural analysts make “such a critical contribution to special education” Image
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