ABA is not a "treatment" for autism. It is conversion therapy that teaches us how to ignore our own internal cues to appear less autistic in public. The vast majority of autistic adults advocate against it & studies show ABA leads to higher rates of suicidality & autistic burnout later in life.
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Annie Waldman
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Aba is a shell of a term with no meaning. It might as well be called “random asd treatment”
Lots of harmful Aba exists
But “all aba is bad” is also actively and terribly harmful
Please do better
Please read more
Please don’t make asd lives and information harder