…of an emergency situation posing immediate danger either for harm to the person in question and others. Chemical restraints should not be applied unless the individual poses an immediate threat…
…include the name of the employer, the approximate date on which you applied for the job and any additional information you feel may be relevant. Thank you, The Autistic Self…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Greater Boston prepared this report to provide personal perspectives on behavioral interventions for people with developmental disabilities. These interventions include Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA),…
…autism research, lays out ASAN’s concerns about genetic research as applied to autism, and recommends safeguards to make sure that any genetic research on autism is done by and for…
…anxiety and depression as co-occurring conditions, the majority of behavioral interventions for autism were based in Applied Behavioral Analysis or derived from it. ASAN calls upon the IACC to include…
…a recommendation for a new “administrative term” called “profound autism” (Lord et al., 2021, p. 278). Lord et. al. (2021) stated that this new term would be applied to autistic…
…which Dr. Whaley agreed in principle, if not to the actual application as it applied to this case. During testimony, Dr. Whaley revealed that, after being strongly criticized the day…
…for short-term interventions, including medication and behavioural trials. To improve autistic lives, we need concepts developed by autistic scholars applied to clinical research. We need research on causes of mortality,…
…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…
…requires that such limitations on autonomy be narrowly tailored to an individual needs as specified in the Person-Centered Plan (PCP), and not applied across the board to all individuals in…