Cheyenne Thornton explores the common argument in behaviorism that ABA is appropriate for Black autistics because they need to be able to mask to avoid police violence.
One autistic woman thought she’d met her soulmate when she started dating her partner. She didn’t see the warning signs until it was too late.
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.
I am a passionate advocate of EQ as an essential part of early years formal education. I know for sure that some of my issues would never have taken root so deeply had an education system been in place which valued the growth of the individual.
Osime’s mother demands HM prison stop abusing her Autistic son who has coughed up blood, broken his arm, and self-harmed.
With a chorus of “I can’t breathe” haunting the nation, the time to ban dangerous prone restraints that cause injury, trauma, and death is now. Call on Illinois State Superintendent Carmen Ayala to act now.
When you are Black and autistic, you are a person who needs allies. Unfortunately, the police can’t be counted on, and your help is needed.
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.
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Frederick was murdered at the hands of those charged with supporting his growth and development. He was killed for throwing a sandwich.
In the second installment in a series about autism and religion, an autistic minister looks at what the Christian Bible is and is not and how the Bible can be misused to cause harm.
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