…problems at the heart of the most popular autism intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), as well as the lack of evidence to support ABA. And it examines how similar problems…
…time. 71 percent of heart programs surveyed also applied neurodevelopmental status in determining transplant eligibility. During a 2012 case involving a young Autistic adult seeking and being denied access to…
…proposal: (1) The use of the term “birth defects” is inaccurate and stigmatizing as applied to autism; (2) Alternatives to the use of personally identifying information should be implemented; (3)…
After a vote by the membership of Applied Behavioral Analysis International (ABAI), the governing body of ABA practitioners, ABAI has reversed their position on the use of electric skin shocks…
…tend to be applied interchangeably. We encourage researchers to adopt functional eligibility criteria when targeting a study to a particular population, such as Autistic adults who use or need specific…
…a disturbing precedent which may be applied to other rights. ASAN urges the SSA to reconsider the possible negative impacts of this rule on persons with disabilities. ASAN will be…
…by reducing the award by one dollar for every two dollars earned above a certain threshold. This rule, which has already long been applied to people with disabilities who receive…
…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…
…tasks. Nor does it acknowledge that some of the proposed alternative interventions – such as Applied Behavioral Analysis – have been found to have no discernible effects on communication ability,[3]…
…has found that many providers are under the false impression that they are only required to cover Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), which does not address the sensory, emotional, communication, or…
