Brian, I feel exactly as you do, plus I was a line worker who is more sensitive to these issues of being forced to do interventions. I was forced to do alot...
I thought I'd do a proper rant on this, just to sort of stretch my legs. I'd have done this sooner, but inertia and life stuff got in the way. I hope nobody...
Alan, Thanks for reviewing the Primetime show on ABA. I was aware of it comming on the TV but didn't watch it for all the reasons you gave. Yep, I've seen...
Hi Jim, Welcome back. Don't worry about reading all these posts. You sound plenty busy at it is. The seizures usually taper off in adolescents. The "stealth...
... Not going to touch any of your post with a ten-foot pole, Tom. You know how I get. ;) I will say that I, too, avoided watching the special. Mom called...
Congratulations Janna. Now you and Sharisa Joy can debate ABA interventions <smile>. It's the only game in town unfortuneately. I even married a behaviorist!...
Tom - So, are all the behavioral interventions as atrocious as the one described on that TV show? I've heard some parents talking about VB (Verbal Behavior)...
Jim, I call behaviorism "structured Christianity", so obviously I think there is something worthwhile about it. Mostly that it inspires and structures...
I watched the Primtime show and was also a little bit upset over what they showed. The children on the show were obviously receiving Lovaas therapy, as they...
Tom, Ah, religion and politics! So many views on these things under the umbrella of disabilities advocacy (itself divided into a numberof camps, witness...
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Our son, Ben,(seems to be a popular name on this list!) is 10 years old and has been using FC since last summer. From day one, he has typed so much more for...
From the below article: "The seemingly detached, freckle-faced boy was absorbing far more from the world than they ever imagined, picking up information from...
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Hi Paula & Ben ~ I have 3 questions to start: 1. How did you know at the outset that Ben wanted the cracker? 2. Do you think he was playing your 'mind game'...
... Tom, Ah, religion and politics! So many views on these things under the umbrella of disabilities advocacy (itself divided into a numberof camps, witness...
... From: Tom Smith [mailto:qim@...] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:39 PM To: autismlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Autismlist] THIS JUST IN !! From...
... I watched the Primtime show and was also a little bit upset over what they showed. The children on the show were obviously receiving Lovaas therapy, as...
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... From: Tom Smith [mailto:qim@...] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:49 PM To: autismlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Autismlist] Re: NO MORE CONFERENCE...
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I'm forwarding this post for others to see WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENNING IN AUTISM. Almost 5000 people are on this list. There's many other lists like it with...
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