ABA

Understanding your Autistic child
In the current Aotearoa New Zealand Autism Guideline the existence of Autistic culture is not mentioned with a single word. Understanding Autistic people and Autistic culture is still a secondary concern. Civil society activists and child rights’ defenders from around the world are now joining together to create the Rights-Centric Education network.

Understanding your Autistic child
In the current Aotearoa New Zealand Autism Guideline the existence of Autistic culture is not mentioned with a single word. Understanding Autistic people and Autistic culture is still a secondary concern. Civil society activists and child rights’ defenders from around the world are now joining together to create the Rights-Centric Education network.
Understanding your Autistic child
In the current Aotearoa New Zealand Autism Guideline the existence of Autistic culture is not mentioned with a single word. Understanding Autistic people and Autistic culture is still a secondary concern. Civil society activists and child rights’ defenders from around the world are now joining together to create the Rights-Centric Education network.
The living planet as a sacred relational ecology of care that weaves together all living beings
Falling in love with human limitations – healing from anthropocentrism
Decolonising education
Understanding power and de-powering
Autism Speaks and ABA: Same Harmful Methods, Different Coat of Paint
Autism Speaks rebranded as “new,” and a part of their new campaign rollout is teaching parents to use ABA principles on their children. What could go wrong with programming an impressionable child to comply for candy?
Spectrum Magazine Missed the Point I Wanted to Express about ABA: Here’s what I said
I was interviewed by Spectrum News about ABA. What I said in interviews is not the message I was hoping would be printed. Here’s what I actually said.
Behaviorism is Dead. How Do We Tell The (Autism) Parents?
Dog trainer Carol Millman is back with another article looking at the archaic science of behaviorism and why it should have been retired long ago.
I am a disillusioned BCBA: Autistics are right about ABA
One BCBA can no longer be silent about what they see in their field. Jo Ram explores issues in the ABA profession that lend themselves to abuse– especially of autistic children.
Culture and Politics, or Why a Neurodiversity Paradigm is Left of Centre
The way society regards autistics is explored through a political analogy where accommodations for autistics are based on the conservative value of assimilation instead of the progressive value of a cultural mosaic.
Why Autism ABA Goes Against Everything B.F. Skinner Believed In
B.F. Skinner stood against much of what constitutes modern ABA as it is used with autistic children. Find out why.
Banning autistic “conversion therapy” in NZ
The New Zealand government is already committed to banning gay conversion therapy. The time for change is now. Register your support for banning all forms of “conversion therapy” in New Zealand.
It was behavior therapy all along, and I had absolutely no clue– until now
Alex Sprague is an adult now being forced to recall painful memories of childhood behavior-based therapy that left them with trauma.
The Problem with ABA
Sebastian Rubino explores the many problems with ABA therapy in this video.
But my child loves ABA and their therapists: ABA, religion, and the status quo
ABA therapy is a religious cult with science as its god and the status quo as its benchmark. I was born a heathen, and being broken into compliance was for my own good.
Autism Speaks and ABA: Same Harmful Methods, Different Coat of Paint
Autism Speaks rebranded as “new,” and a part of their new campaign rollout is teaching parents to use ABA principles on their children. What could go wrong with programming an impressionable child to comply for candy?
Spectrum Magazine Missed the Point I Wanted to Express about ABA: Here’s what I said
I was interviewed by Spectrum News about ABA. What I said in interviews is not the message I was hoping would be printed. Here’s what I actually said.
Banning autistic “conversion therapy” in NZ
The New Zealand government is already committed to banning gay conversion therapy. The time for change is now. Register your support for banning all forms of “conversion therapy” in New Zealand.
It was behavior therapy all along, and I had absolutely no clue– until now
Alex Sprague is an adult now being forced to recall painful memories of childhood behavior-based therapy that left them with trauma.
The Problem with ABA
Sebastian Rubino explores the many problems with ABA therapy in this video.
But my child loves ABA and their therapists: ABA, religion, and the status quo
ABA therapy is a religious cult with science as its god and the status quo as its benchmark. I was born a heathen, and being broken into compliance was for my own good.
Autism Speaks and ABA: Same Harmful Methods, Different Coat of Paint
Autism Speaks rebranded as “new,” and a part of their new campaign rollout is teaching parents to use ABA principles on their children. What could go wrong with programming an impressionable child to comply for candy?
Spectrum Magazine Missed the Point I Wanted to Express about ABA: Here’s what I said
I was interviewed by Spectrum News about ABA. What I said in interviews is not the message I was hoping would be printed. Here’s what I actually said.