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ASAN Condemns Transphobic HHS Report

…Conversion therapy uses operant conditioning — changing someone’s behavior using rewards and punishments. Talk therapy with the goal of making someone act cisgender is incredibly harmful. Conversion therapy has harmed…

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Comments for the July 10th IACC Meeting

…program.   Department of Defense ASAN has long expressed our issues with ABA and the work TRICARE has done regarding ABA interventions. We encourage TRICARE to continue to evaluate ABA interventions…

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What We Believe

…The most common type of this therapy is Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). ABA uses rewards and punishments to train autistic people to act non-autistic. ABA and other therapies with the…

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The Burden of Proof

…I wanted Adam also to enjoy himself. We get sick and tired of therapy. Everything for disabled and autistic kids is “therapy.” You can’t find ONE program — be it…

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ASAN Comments on Section 1557

…Analysis (or ABA) as an exclusive intervention for autism or opt to reimburse non-ABA modalities of therapy at a much lower rate18. ABA is a model of intervention focused on…

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