ABA Therapy is abuse | an autistic’s thoughts on ABA in video

A lot of doctors can’t tell the difference between autism and PTSD because therapists have not seen an autistic person that does not have trauma.” This broke my heart. As an autistic man studying psychology, I 100% agree with you that therapy should be based on root causes and working on the person (ailments and all) rather than external behavior, and the damaging effects of trying to make autistic people “more normal” is terrible. For years I have been ashamed of being autistic, actively avoiding other autistic people and trying to conform and come off as “normal” as possible to the point where only a few years ago I realized how little sense of identity I had. It’s hard to know who you are if you’ve been taught to suppress