Aba is one of the only therapies focused on the happiness of those around the patient rather than the patient themselves. Adult autistics who went through ABA have PTSD, depression, anxiety, and increased suicidal ideation after their treatment. Training people to ignore their instincts is wrong. - ThreadSky

jillharness.bsky.social • 72 days ago

Aba is one of the only therapies focused on the happiness of those around the patient rather than the patient themselves. Adult autistics who went through ABA have PTSD, depression, anxiety, and increased suicidal ideation after their treatment. Training people to ignore their instincts is wrong.

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jillharness.bsky.social•71 days ago

@propublica.org are you even listening to the people you are wronging with this article?

ariayisofmielikki.bsky.social•71 days ago

ABA is the devil. I am 44 years old and autistic. I have bad PTSD, depression , and OCD as well. You can make us inadvertently mask to ‘fit in,’ but then we melt down at home. It doesn’t give us an explanation of why we should behave a specific way. NTs are strange.

jillharness.bsky.social•71 days ago

I'm so sorry you had to go through that. It sickens me that they have lobbied, lied and manipulated the system to the point where they're one of the only options offered under insurance. We like ot, but can only get a few months approved at a time, but could get 40 hours a week of ABA. It's evil.

autismdrawscanada.bsky.social•71 days ago

I learned to fucking despise the torture. I despised the nurses and technicians and psychiatrists who were one bad day away from being patients themselves. It took me years to learn to fight back and defend myself. Because when I did in there I was punished. Fuck those people sideways with a cactus.

jillharness.bsky.social•71 days ago

I'm sorry you went through that. But I'm also sorry it's still being pushed on parents with few other options for actually helpful therapies. I've read parents who don't want to do ABA still do it with a close eye on the treatments because it's all insurance will pay for. It's horrible.

karencwilson.me•71 days ago

I’m mom to an autistic child. Thanks to adult autists like you, I avoided ABA and they are doing really well. I’m so sorry you went through it. I know your sharing will make a difference for others.

jillharness.bsky.social•71 days ago

I didn't find out I was autistic until my son was diagnosed. Many people still only recognize the signs based on behaviors shown by young boys even though girls present totally different. Things like ABA and Autism Speaks are part of the reason research has been stalled.

karencwilson.me•71 days ago

My husband figured out he’s autistic because of our kid’s challenges/behaviour/diagnosis. He saw himself in all of it. I’ve done some online assessments and I’ve always scored in the “likely to have autism” level. I’m also ADHD. Figured out my dad was autistic and me mom was ADHD.

jillharness.bsky.social•71 days ago

I know what you mean. Suddenly it made sense that my dad is totally silent, internalizes all of his emotions and wears the same clothes almost every day, and that my mom is scatterbrained and never shuts up.

karencwilson.me•71 days ago

It just all made sense.

sarahksojourner.bsky.social•71 days ago

Yes. United Healthcare may be awful but autistic adults consistently say that ABA is harmful.

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