Ask an Autistic - What is ABA?

• published: 28 Feb 2014
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What is ABA? What is the purpose of ABA therapy? Is ABA good for Autistic children? Is there a link between ABA and PTSD? What's the alternative? Answers to all of these questions and more in this episode of Ask an Autistic! Note: At 1:15 I say, "the operant being the Autistic child", but what I meant to say was, "the operant being the Therapist". Writings on the connection between ABA and trauma/PTSD: http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/aba.html (part one) http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/aba2.html (part two) http://www.autistichoya.com/2012/09/what-they-should-be-talking-about.html http://unstrangemind.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/no-you-dont/ http://autismmythbusters.com/parents/therapy/the-truth-about-aba/ Writings on the topic of ABA and other behavioural therapies: http://www.sentex.net/~nexus23/naa_aba.html http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2011/11/advocacy-begins-with-no.html? http://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/509/ http://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/what-they-didnt-tell-me/ http://a-view-of-my-own.tumblr.com/post/56006330011/abuse-but-its-lovez http://neurowonderful.tumblr.com/post/73541320863/aba-therapy-approaches Writings from the parents of Autistic children: http://emmashopebook.com/2012/10/10/tackling-that-troublesome-issue-of-aba-and-ethics/ http://emmashopebook.com/2013/11/05/more-on-aba/ http://loveexplosions.net/2013/01/30/the-cost-of-compliance-is-unreasonable/ http://emmashopebook.com/2013/04/10/the-influence-of-others/ http://lifehiswayblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/changing-the-child-vs-helping-the-child/ My blog: http://neurowonderful.tumblr.com The track used in this video was "Like Music" by pheraph http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/