Inside The Judge Rotenburg Center Live Event
Sara W.
July 23, 2022
On Monday, July 25th at 1 pm Eastern Time, the NeuroClastic team goes live with a former JRC Center worker for an interview. Join us!
ABA
The Human Rights Case Against Harmful Behaviour Modification for Autistic People
Jorn Bettin
January 29, 2022
This event is part of the Global Disability Summit and also part of the global Ban of Conversion Therapies project, towards comprehensive bans of all forms of conversion therapies (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA, Positive Behaviour Support, or PBS, and various other rebrandings).
Difficult Community Dialogues: On ABA, Evolution, Weaver Communication, and Intersectionality
Terra Vance
January 18, 2022
The Autistic community is in a cycle of miscommunication. By using the communication framework of Weavers and Concluders, we can move into a more intersectional and progressive community that leaves no one behind.
Onwards: International panels on banning all forms of conversion therapies
Jorn Bettin
December 14, 2021
You are invited to listen to our series of international panel discussions towards comprehensive bans of all forms of conversion therapies. We are building on the results achieved to date, focusing on the human rights violations in countries that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Autistic Body Language is not Always Communication
Terra Vance
November 21, 2021
Autism Speaks proved Autistic people right, on accident, with a new screening instrument they’re advertising.
Countdown towards a ban of all forms of conversion therapy
Jorn Bettin
September 14, 2021
From today we will will start counting the days until all forms of conversion therapies are banned in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our hope is that this page will only need to be appended a few times with further activities to remind the government of its commitment to banning conversion practices and of its commitment to human rights, including all the rights articulated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which our government has ratified in 2008.
Include all Conversion Therapies in Legislative Ban
Jorn Bettin
September 7, 2021
In a submission to the Justice Select Committee, members from New Zealand autistic community groups say while they fully supported a ban on conversion practices targeting sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, protections should be extended to include all New Zealanders subject to these practices, especially neuro-diverse communities among whom conversion therapies also cause considerable harm.
I Was Part of the “Good ABA”
Lieu
August 27, 2021
Louis Stay wanted help autistic children when he took a job as an RBT. The clinic was advertised as the modern “good ABA” that avoided the harmful practices associated with ABA’s history.
900 ABA Professionals Have Weighed in on the Use of Electroshock at Judge Rotenberg Center
NeuroClastic
August 26, 2021
NeuroClastic surveyed 900 professionals from the field of applied behavior analysis to measure attitudes about the use of electroshock punishment at the Judge Rotenberg Center.
ABA Horror Stories Are Far Too Common
NeuroClastic
August 17, 2021
Many autistic children who receive ABA therapy are nonspeakers. As these children age, they gain access to better communication tools. And when they do, these autistics often report horror stories from ABA therapy.
