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Age Privilege: Looking at Ageism & Childism
What is ageism and childism? Learn more on how age can be a privilege or a disadvantage and how this changes across the lifespan.
How Autistic People are Marginalized
Understand how and why members of the autistic community are marginalized both historically and currently.
The Founding of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Learn about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and its founder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, and his early tests on autistic children at UCLA.
Interview with Dr. Ole Ivar Løvaas about Autistic Children (1974)
Ole Ivar Lovaas, the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is interviewed about his dehumanizing perspective of autistic people that led to his abusive and torturous methods to force compliance in his autism treatment.
Planned Ignoring is Actually Emotional Abuse
Planned Ignoring, or attention extinction, is an abusive technique recommended by Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for autism treatment.
Attention Extinction in ABA [Infographic]
ABA procedures like attention extinction can cause more harm than good. Let’s explore the unethical science behind this evidence-based practice and why it’s abusive.
What is “Pairing” in Applied Behavior Analysis?
ABA is an evidence-based autism treatment, but is it ethical? Let’s take a look at ABA’s pairing technique and what it really is.