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Another tutor of @AmbitiousAutism traumatised by seeing the ABA and treatment of kids.

Ambitious now say PBS (to distance from "ABA").

They removed reference to #ABAresearch on website, no results reported 🤔



Tagging ABA lawyer @SteveBroach
And another ex-tutor of @AmbitiousAutism traumatised by ABA and treatment of kids there. "hew" ABA harms #TodayInABA



But school has o/s rating so must be ok?

@CommonsEd @TizardCentre #UKSBA #PBSisABA @ProfRHastings @CQCProf @Ofstednews
Correction Billie was a member of the Youth Council (Young Ambassador?). Billie has bravely spoken out.
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ABA supporters always say ABA is different nowadays and its not like the old bad Lovaas stuff.

So why is Lovaas ABA cited as part of the evidence base by almost every #ABAresearch paper and ABA orgs. Here's an example:

#ABAtherapy #Autism #ABAworks to do what?#AutismAwareness
So called ABA endorsements are often very flakey. Its part of the rhetoric

The 1987 Lovaas "indistinguishable to peers" study, as well as using aversives and being over 30 years old has been heavily criticised (including a control group with greater ID) and never replicated.

researchgate.net/publication/26…
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In this article Jane McCready #UKSBA Board member and head of ABA lobby (ABAA4ALL)
falsely claimed the ABA register is under the PSA in this article.

@prof_standards this still the case?

asatonline.org/research-treat…

@TizardCentre @DrJennAustin #Autism #ABAscandal Image
And seeks to discredit every non-ABA type intervention including Intensive Interaction.

So disrespectful, so unprofessional, so unethical.

#ABAresearch does NOT favour ABA and there is increasing evidence of harm (as shown in our pinned tweet).

@IIaction_LYPFT #Autism Image
ABAA4ALL and #UKSBA remind us of this:

therapistndc.org/aba-modern-day…
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