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InnerRoll9882 t1_j7oxyjo wrote

Reply to comment by georgelopezshowlover in Autism and Schools by Ductomaniac

There is no replacement for ABA. We rejected ABA based on input for autistic adults. My son had speech and occupational therapy. Other than that we just let him be his authentic self.

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georgelopezshowlover t1_j7p49nl wrote

In theory, that’s awesome and I agree. In practice, in the classroom, ABA is integral to learning for those with moderate to severe autism.

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InnerRoll9882 t1_j7p76ev wrote

Not a fan of labeling. Autistic is autistic. My son is doing just fine without any ABA since he left public schools in first grade. The school he transferred to did not use it.

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georgelopezshowlover t1_j7pi3p9 wrote

Yea, why use language to show the degrees of a spectrum?

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threelittlesith t1_j7ruxbg wrote

That’s not how the autism spectrum works. It’s not more or less autistic, and those within the autism community prefer to talk about high versus low needs as a reflection not of a person being super duper or a little autistic but rather of what they actually need.

And yes, the language matters, at it focuses on what the autistic person needs, not how inconvenient they are to the people around them.

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