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• andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Had a class with some ABA techs who gave a presentation about Autism Speaks for their final project - they had no idea that criticism of AS/their entire field existed.

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  • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    oh, ABA, you mean the “therapy” that for some reason causes a suicide rate of over 70%?

    tho an “ABA tech” is cheaper than an actual medical professional since they just need a few weeks of training instead of several years

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s hard to get away with “your presentation and profession is shit and you didn’t bother looking into any information other than your first google search” as a peer unfortunately. I did manage some gentle questions about AS’s one autistic board member’s exit….

      It is fascinating that “behavioral health” seems to be just torturing/drugging kids until they get better. I didn’t get ABA, but very similar treatment.

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      • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        it’s not really that fascinating, of course the cheap and easy answer is a derivative of “beat it until it behaves”, a large part of the states still have the paddles in school

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