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Letter to the Boston Globe on "The Mismeasure of Misha: My son broke free from the most common therapy for autism. Why is it used on so many kids like him?"

Letter to the Boston Globe on “The Mismeasure of Misha: My son broke free from the most common therapy for autism. Why is it used on so many kids like him?”

Where, I wondered, did ABA’s scientific principles come from?“Skinner,” Larry replied.“B.F. Skinner? The Harvard psychologist who trained pigeons to play Ping-Pong?”“Yes.”The mismeasure of Misha: My son broke free from the most common therapy for autism. Why is it used on so many kids like him?  To the Boston Globe, Thank you for publishing “The mismeasure of Misha: My son broke free from the…

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Context, Framing, and NAUWU

Context, Framing, and NAUWU

If a person’s behavior doesn’t make sense to you, it is because you are missing a part of their context. Source: Laziness Does Not Exist. Psychological research is clear: when… | by Devon Price | Human Parts And if having these different viewpoints within my study was important, understanding the perspectives and experiences of autistic children and adults in particular was essential. Time and…

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A neurodivergent minstrel show.  Source: Music movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert When you don’t respect representation and NAUWU, you risk putting on a minstrel show. “Fuckity fuck why don’t you watch my film before you judge it?” Sia tweeted in November, when outrage about the movie’s casting started to percolate. Well, I have watched the film, I am judging it, and it’s…

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