Conversion therapy for autistic children (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA) works by suppressing undesired behaviours without addressing the causes for these behaviours which, in the long run, more often than not leads to traumatic reactions such as PTSD, OCD and regressive autism. ABA is abhorred by the autistic community, and there are many horrific accounts from autistic people who were subjected to it. I wrote about this in my article 'Why Applied Behaviour Analysis Harms Your Autistic Child or ABA - When Children are Not Allowed to be Themselves' at http://franklludwig.com/aba.html . Promoting this abusive form of 'therapy' is one of the many slaps in the face of autistic individuals who, as I expect, will not be involved in the process anyway.
Frank L. Ludwig
Posted on 18 Jul 2017 7:00 pm
Conversion therapy for autistic children (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA) works by suppressing undesired behaviours without addressing the causes for these behaviours which, in the long run, more often than not leads to traumatic reactions such as PTSD, OCD and regressive autism. ABA is abhorred by the autistic community, and there are many horrific accounts from autistic people who were subjected to it. I wrote about this in my article 'Why Applied Behaviour Analysis Harms Your Autistic Child or ABA - When Children are Not Allowed to be Themselves' at http://franklludwig.com/aba.html . Promoting this abusive form of 'therapy' is one of the many slaps in the face of autistic individuals who, as I expect, will not be involved in the process anyway.