Post AQA7mRps1S1C8fKsFM by newtsoda@wandering.shop
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 (DIR) Post #AQA7mPFddBqc7iMuUi by newtsoda@wandering.shop
       2022-12-01T12:02:48Z
       
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       ABA therapy, a therapy still predominantly used for autistic children in the USA and other countries to this day, was created by the same man who invented gay conversion therapy. What does that tell you?#Art #MastoArt #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ConversionTherapy #ABA #LGBTQ
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA7mPe6AFPhLZoRcW by fluffy@social.handholding.io
       2022-12-01T12:11:37.163376Z
       
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       what are the stats on how it works
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA7mRps1S1C8fKsFM by newtsoda@wandering.shop
       2022-12-01T12:03:38Z
       
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       I predict there will be a handful of people in my comments who are pro ABA, possibly even a couple autistic people. But here are the facts: survivors of ABA who grew up to reach their 30s and above have come out to collectively speak of the psychological abuse and trauma it caused.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA7mYjONvznWbMIca by newtsoda@wandering.shop
       2022-12-01T12:04:40Z
       
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       The therapy is often carried out by NTs who mean well but don't understand the damage they're causing. Autism is not an illness that can be trained away, it's a neurotype. All ABA does is teach children to mask their autism, which leads to serious mental health issues & autistic burnout later in life.Look at the fundamental teachings at the core of ABA—Lovaas described autistics as *non persons*. How can that form a healthy basis for a therapy designed to apparently help us?
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA7mkj7mkuajFKFs0 by newtsoda@wandering.shop
       2022-12-01T12:07:15Z
       
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       And don't even get me started on the financial chokehold ABA has in the USA!I figured out that I was autistic when I was working as a paraprofessional doing “compliance training” with autistic children. I got my official diagnosis two years later, and to this day the processes I witnessed do not sit right with me, though I do understand that everyone in the department genuinely cared for the children they worked with and thought they were doing the right thing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA7n08UUj7CWGJDzU by newtsoda@wandering.shop
       2022-12-01T12:07:45Z
       
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       I don't blame practitioners if they are willing to listen to autistic voices and accept that it's time to ban ABA, which is essentially conversion therapy.I will not be engaging with anyone pro ABA in the comments.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQA8WpdDsilpGHXNp2 by SuperSnekFriend@poa.st
       2022-12-01T12:20:05.230585Z
       
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       @newtsoda >created by the same man who invented gay conversion therapy.>What does that tell you?That the dude sounds extremely based and that we need more of both therapies.