golbatsforequality:Neuroqueer Nidoqueen: “ABA is based on old dog training techniques that are consi
golbatsforequality:Neuroqueer Nidoqueen: “ABA is based on old dog training techniques that are considered too inhumane to use on dogs.”Inspired by Nick Walker’s speech about the neurodiversity paradigm at UC Davis: “The biggest ‘treatment’ is something called ABA, or Applied Behaviorial Analysis right now. That’s been the big trend for the past couple of decades, and that is– behavior is conditioned– it’s conditioning. It’s kind of like dog training, except that it’s old-style dog training, where you’re not actually allowed to do that to dogs any more in most of the country.”–Nidoqueen -- source link