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Nice feedback! In the past, this same young man was subjected to all manner of 'physical management'. Often such methods were used as a shortcut to simply to get him through transitions but our approach means such methods are simply not in our toolbox so we have to find a gentler path.

12.12.2024 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“It ruined my ability to say no, taught me that I didn’t have bodily autonomy and primed me for abuse later in life. I can only imagine how much worse other people might have it. 😦 ”
#ABAisAbuse
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@thinkingautism.bsky.social

30.11.2024 02:40 — 👍 61    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 0

Snip from that link, showing Ambitious About Autism trains their people on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).

Ah. ABA* organisation, Ambitious About Autism, has dropped Gregg Wallace as an Ambassador after the recent allegations.

*Yes, they often refer to it as PBS not ABA, but they still hire ABA teams to do ABA techniques on autistic children. It's ABA.
jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/what_we...

30.11.2024 10:11 — 👍 95    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 2

"Be good and I'll make it worth your while." No matter how well supervised their use may be in education or adult care, such systems are a path to unfairness and open the door to abusive practices. Thank you @alfiekohn.bsky.social for all your work around this subject.

28.11.2024 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cultures of caregiving steeped in the simplistic A-B-C model of human behaviour are often to blame. There are always lots of staff in these places so the problem is not money.

28.11.2024 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Be sure to get your ticket for our Supporting All Brains conference. Val Luther will be presenting a session titled "How Learning to Support My Neurodivergent Children is Making Me a Better Parent, Teacher, and Human ." https://endseclusion.org/2025-supporting-all-brains-conference/ #EndSeclusion

25.11.2024 16:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

CCTV shows pupils abused and locked in padded room Police have said staff will not face action over abuse of autistic children shown in videos leaked to the BBC.

Content warning. Heartbreaking.
But, the reason so many of us do what we do.
This isn't acceptable any more, as a system, is it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.11.2024 08:23 — 👍 71    🔁 24    💬 9    📌 5

Cultures of caregiving steeped in the simplistic A-B-C model of human behaviour are often to blame. There are always lots of staff in these places so the problem is not money.

27.11.2024 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0