Florida needs a statewide ban in ABA "therapy" and conversion "therapy". Our lawmakers and medical providers denying/refusing us MTF/FTM trans medical care, need to go to court and possibly jail.

@EllyTaliesinBingle

2 ай бұрын

Definitely need to be thrown in prison. Hope they get their just desserts.

I went through ABA. Not shock torture, more psychological torture. Where I live it's just college students who want a quick buck. Beat ABA person I had was an ex teacher. I am doing so much better after having to unlearn the years of not trusting myself. Sometimes I still even fall back. ABA is based off Pavloc, mostly the rewards part. But I'm not a dog, I am a human. It's literally designed to treat autistic kids as pets. Or as if eye contact and customer service is somehow biological instead of societal. It made to "fix" autistic people. And what hurts the worst is when you can't be fixed.

@YoutubeUserAnon

2 ай бұрын

it is horrible that aba was conducted that way for you. I think that it should primarily be used through agreement between the autistic and the therapist on what behaviors they will work on. If you chose what you worked on and when it would be akin to behavioral therapy for OCD or phobias. Therapy is best as collaboration.

These children need a tender hand to guide them not to harm themselves. They need love, compassion, and understanding. They don't f*cking need medieval torture.

I wish we would stop calling it "therapy". It's not only literal torture but it's an insult to real therapy and therapists. Queer people are going to be shipped off to conversion -therapy- *_torture camps_* EDIT: didnt even know about autistic conversion torture, but it doesnt surprise me at all. My comment also applies to autism as well Sincerely, a queer autistic person

@PansyPops

2 ай бұрын

I, as a fellow queer autistic person, second this sentiment expressed. Torture is not therapy.

@somewhatstrange2097

2 ай бұрын

It's like referring to the Soviet "Reeducation" Camps as "Gulag Therapy".

Well then. Seems that we have a chance to stop one of the many major 80+ problems that we have to deal with. I’ll submit a comment. Conversion “therapy” is so evil that if a villain who is obsessed with forcing people into suffering from it doesn’t exist in fiction yet, that should be changed.

Thanks for sharing this. I made my comment. Im autistic and queer, and I definitely don’t want to see this still being a thing if and when project 2025 is activated.

There was a company trying to recruit me for ABA therapy and I saw red flags. I'm currently a CNA at a hospital

the thumbnail and title are so ominous

@LuxanderReal

2 ай бұрын

The not-so-subtle art of clickbait

@hallowhyena

2 ай бұрын

nice clay puppington pfp

My aunt was forcibly given EST for being gay in the south. 😢

Important conversation but the "It's shocking...." unintentional pun made me ded.

Conversion therapy is supposed to be literally illegal, wtf is happening to this world

I submitted a comment. I was diagnosed only a few years ago so I never went through ABA or anything like that, but what I've learned and heard about is horrific and nobody, least of all _children,_ should be submitted to this torture just to make neurotypicals' lives easier. And yes, that's exactly what ABA and electric shocks are for. We're expected to accommodate THEM instead of them accommodating US and our DISABILITY.

I wasn't diagnosed as Autistic until later in life. And as much as i would've liked to have gotten diagnosed earlier, I'm happy that I never got put into an ABA program as that would've screwed me up even worse than I am now. And I have no idea how conversion "therapy" is still even legal. You're literally forcing people to not be or do something that is 100% natural and part of who they are.

I wish that ABA was professionally restricted to be akin to the recs for clicker training with cats. All rewards which can be rejected outright, only 'punishment' is rare and moving to a less problematic situation.

Algorithm comment.

Can CANADIANS 🇨🇦 add a comment. Or is it Americas only ?

@Thelona

2 ай бұрын

Fellow Canadian also interested. Posting here to get alert.

@PansyPops

2 ай бұрын

Fellow non-US viewer hoping to get pinged/alerted when we find out.

@ann18o96

2 ай бұрын

You can stay anonymous completely or select any country. I also don't see any reason that a comment from a different country would be treated any differently.

@cormoranoimperatore8413

2 ай бұрын

You can in fact post a comment even if you’re not a US citizen

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That's such a dystopian title

Torture is torture no matter how they name it

My nephew does ABA twice a week, but I don't see what the harm is? They seem to just be teaching him about empathy and how to be mindful of other people's personal boundaries. I'm also curious what the electrotherapy entails. Not that I think it shouldn't be banned, it totally should.

@hgarr

2 ай бұрын

Look up the "Judge Rotenberg Center". That place has literally killed children.