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By Kieran Rose, The Autistic Advocate and Co-Founder of The Autistic Cooperative. August 10, 2018 [Trigger warning for suicide, self harm, suicidal idealisation, depression] Society beats into me how I should be raising my son, but I don’t think my way is wrong just because it’s different. Still that pressure to seem normal is overwhelming. …
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Source: #ABAisAbuse hashtag on Twitter Luka Jesse Meindl @LJMeindl Sep 23 More Luka Jesse Meindl Retweeted Pacello And to be honest, I wouldn't even train my dog like this #AbaIsAbuse #NoABA Luka Jesse Meindl added, Pacello @Trampeleinhorn ABA is nothing else than to train people as dogs. My parents explained me the world in every detail & the …
Listen to autistic adults: evidence that the autistic community does not like Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) It is a sad state of affairs that there was even a need in 2017 to publish research ev… Source: The Autistic Community does not support Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) – ABA Controversy Autism Discussion
ABA sucks. So what can be done about it? Source: A Parent’s Guide to Hating ABA Therapy – The Angry Autism Dad – Medium
At age 8, Christiana Koch was diagnosed with autism, but she felt different from her peers before then. She didn’t understand why the classmates avoided her, and felt being homeschooled already made her strange enough. “I was the weird one among the weird ones,” Koch said. “That says something.” …
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I updated “Interaction Badges: Opportunity but Not Pressure” with a longer selection from “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity”. In 1995, an organization for parents of “high-functioning” children asked Sinclair to organize a series of presentations at an upcoming conference. He opened up the process to the members of ANI-L, who …
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The company’s first major security incident since the rollout of Europe’s new data privacy law could lead to an investigation and even fines. Source: Facebook Probed By 'Concerned' EU Regulators Over Data Breach Affecting 50 Million Accounts
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