Is every kind of ABA therapy abusive?

I am not an ABA professional. I am the father of a young autistic man who has received ABA therapy over the years and I have direct experience with the theory and application of ABA. I am not an expert, but I consider myself an informed lay-person. Everybody's experience is different, my opinions are mine and mine alone. read more

ABA therapy is not abusive, and it has helped many people. There may be confusion with the work of Lovaas, but that research was not the first ABA research study, by the way. The Lovaas Study was done 40 years ago. Things are greatly improved since then, but there is criticism of that ABA study on the internet. read more

Being the parent of an autistic child can be very difficult, especially in the type of anti-autistic or “find a cure” society we currently live in. Most parents are simply trying to love their child and with the influence of society and the media who present autism in an unacceptable manner, they may easily feel that they must try to find some sort of cure or way to alter the behavior of the child. read more