“ABA is not ok” is not just a catchy rhyming statement. It is 100% the truth. Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) is literal child abuse and not justifiable under any means.
ABA forces children to give up stimming and natural self regulation just to look “normal.” The process of consists of 100% compliance to a therapist which right there is already abuse. Having 100% to anyone is abusive and not safe under any means. The ABA therapist forces a child to stop hand flapping, to stop chewing on things, and to sit completely still through rewards and punishments. They also force the child to make eye contact even though that is against majority of autistic people’s nature.
The rewards and punishments consist of various things including putting hot sauce in a child’s mouth, taking away special interests, not giving breaks, not giving the child food or water, pushing down the child hands to make them stop flapping, threatening to take away television, threatening to take away toys, telling the child they are being bad, disrespectful and rude just to make the child stop doing natural behaviors that autistic people need to self regulate. These actions not only harm the child in the moment but leave physical, emotional, and psychological scars.
The reward and punishment process leaves the child fearful of partaking in natural stimming and behaviors which are essential for self regulation and overall comfort of the child. An autistic child not being allowed to self regulate leaves the child more likely to meltdown and “act out” though the child is fearful to meltdown because of the punishments inflicted upon them through aba.
ABA leaves children with PTSD and any therapy or method leaving childrenwith post traumatic stress is completely unethical. Any therapy that harms the child, is forced upon a child, and is 100% in the hands of a therapist is abusive.
100% compliance especially for an autistic kid leads the child to believe whatever the therapist says. It leads the child to believe that they can’t say no, that they have to listen to everyone else, and that they have something wrong with them which is the completely untrue.
ABA is child abuse and takes away natural behaviors for the benefit of parents of autistic children. ABA is not ever ok.
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