Judge Rotenburg Center at ABA association conference
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Association for Behavior Analysis International Endorses Torture
Materials for ABAI’s 2019 annual conference describe the JRC as a “treatment/educational program that is highly positive”, alongside claims that “there is a place for ethical use of aversives.” These claims go against the findings of the United Nations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the voices of survivors. ABAI claims to promote “evidence-based” treatments, but the evidence is clear: the use of electric shock devices is unethical at best, and physically and psychologically abusive at worst. ABAI cannot claim to be an ethical organization that works to meet the needs of autistic people while condoning our torture.
ABAI’s endorsement of the abuse taking place at the JRC is a symptom of longstanding problems in the field of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). ABA was founded by O. Ivar Lovaas, and derived from the same principles as conversion therapy, of which he was a co-creator. Conversion therapy for LGBTQ individuals has since been condemned as a form of torture, and survivors describe conversion therapy and ABA as having similar traumatizing consequences. Yet ABAI routinely ignores the voices of autistic self-advocates who challenge the harmful methods that ABA practitioners use every day. By hiding behind the claim that ABA is “evidence-based”, ABAI continues to avoid accountability for ABA’s abusive history and current practices.
ABAI must condemn institutions like the JRC that explicitly torture autistic people. Furthermore, ABAI must examine its own history and practices that contribute to the abuse that autistic people face. Only by looking at their own ethical framework, and honestly confronting what they have enabled to happen, can ABAI begin to make amends to the autistic community. The first step to making that happen is an apology, and a commitment that ABAI will no longer associate with the JRC.
Despite the “International” in their title they are primarily an American association. They were founded and are headquartered in Michigan and all the jobs the advertise are in the U.S.A. They do have a conference in Stockholm
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I saw a documentary recently about ASAN's goal to shut down that center and I fully support their efforts. It's horrible to think that such a "center" exists.
I wanted to donate and become a member of ASAN, but their website's ability to take a variety of credit cards is lacking.
First things first, how the actual **** has that hellhole NOT been shut down yet!?
Secondly, after all the negative publicity said hellhole has received over the past however-long-it's-been-since-they-were-first-exposed, what kind of utter idiots still send their kids there!?
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Secondly, after all the negative publicity said hellhole has received over the past however-long-it's-been-since-they-were-first-exposed, what kind of utter idiots still send their kids there!?
Because there are many parents who want their autistic child "cured". There are many parents who want their autistic child to be "made" as NT as possible.
Secondly, after all the negative publicity said hellhole has received over the past however-long-it's-been-since-they-were-first-exposed, what kind of utter idiots still send their kids there!?
Because there are many parents who want their autistic child "cured". There are many parents who want their autistic child to be "made" as NT as possible.
Oh I'm well aware of those people. Luckily most of the parents of autistics I know aren't that moronic. I was just commenting on how I find it hard to believe that there are still people that are stupid/uninformed enough to think sending their children to a place like that is a good idea.
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