Mental Health

Mental health is often ignored and overlooked. For far too long, we’ve neglected to take care of ourselves in favor of meeting physical expectations. Let’s change that.

Thank you for taking care of yourself.

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Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA): Ban Shock Treatment

July 8, 2021July 10, 2023
Advocacy, Autism, Mental Health, Neurodiversity

Support Keeping All Students Safe (KASSA) by Stopping the Shock! FDA’s ban on a dangerous electric shock device was overturned by angry parents and therapists.

Researcher Bernard Perloff is slapping autistic student Billy for not paying attention during his speech lession.

The Founding of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

July 5, 2021April 2, 2024
Advocacy, Autism, Mental Health, Neurodiversity

Learn about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and its founder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, and his early tests on autistic children at UCLA.

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Planned Ignoring is Actually Emotional Abuse

July 1, 2021March 1, 2023
Advocacy, Autism, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Parenting

Planned Ignoring, or attention extinction, is an abusive technique recommended by Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for autism treatment.

I’m Autistic, Not Broken

April 6, 2021July 10, 2023
Autism, Mental Health, Neurodiversity

I didn’t know I was autistic until I was an adult, but I knew that I was different from an early age. There’s been a pattern to my life that not even “professionals” could see until I had lived it long enough—until I struggled long enough.