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Shawn Renee Ernoehazy's avatar

I am too tired to read the whole thing, but Applied Behavioral Analysis got my hackles up; the way in which it is practiced can be punitive and damaging, and most ABA providers are not Masters level providers, some have an AA and training in the "therapy" to modify the child's behavior can be rigid and punishment based. In the program I manage, we have a woman who is 50 years old and has Autism and other issues; she is also a very smart woman who has a great sense of humor. She is glad she did not get this "therapy" but also angry that the neurologist she sees does not consider it a neurological issue, "just" a psychiatric problem; as if the brain is completely detached from the body and neurotransmitters and hormones were not at all connected.

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ThePuckStopsHere's avatar

I have a friend who is convinced that the President* of the United States cannot, on his own and at his sole say so, order up the launching of nuclear missiles. I am unable to disavow him of this notion. It is this that we are, all of us, up against.

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