P.S. #Stimming doesn’t just relieve stress, and ABAers aren’t “unwittingly” grooming kids for exploitation. #ActuallyAutistic and otherwise #Neurodivergent scholars, activists, and #ABA survivors have been saying #behaviorism violates #HumanRights and nonhuman #AnimalRights for decades. As Leonard Cohen said, “Everybody knows.”
Also, you don’t need a doctor to diagnose you as Autistic to be Autistic. Modern discourse on Autism mirrors the discourse on Homosexuality in the 1970s. Neurocognitive styles, like sexual orientations, aren’t “conditions.” If you relate to Autistics, you’re probably Autistic. That’s really all there is to it. Same goes for anybody else who’s #NeuroQuestioning 💁🏻♀️♾️