I’ll say it again… Fuck ABA.
Let’s call it out for what it really is:
AUTISTIC CONVERSION THERAPY
“I propose that every time we write or talk about ABA, that we also write or say: Autistic Conversion Therapy.
Gay Conversion Therapy has a bad reputation now, even if it still happens.
Both “treatments” (tortures) have the same root.
I want the supporters of ABA to own their objective.
ABA: Autistic Conversion Therapy that uses torturous methods”
~ Amy Sequenzia
Further reading here:
1. From Radical Neurodivergence Speaking, this is the first post in a series written by an ABA survivor: “Indistinguishable From Peers-an introduction”
www.timetolisten.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/indistinguishable-from-peers.html
Thank you to Unboxed-Brain for the above link 🙂
2. From Autism Women’s Network: “My Thoughts on ABA” www.autismwomensnetwork.org/my-thoughts-on-aba
3. Ink and Daggers Illustration: TW* Child Abuse
www.facebook.com/Inkanddaggersillustration/photos
4. From Socially Anxious Advocate “Why I Left ABA”
www.sociallyanxiousadvocate.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/why-i-left-aba
5. From Autism Women’s Network, by Amy Sequenzia “My Thoughts on ABA”
www.autismwomensnetwork.org/my-thoughts-on-aba
6. From Felis Autisticus “The ME Book and My Autistic Reading”
www.felisautisticus.wordpress.com/2017/09/17/the-me-book-and-my-autistic-reading
7. From Suburban Autistics ” “Real Science” and ABA. ”
www.suburbanautistics.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/real-science-and-aba.html
