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ABA and Company – Traumatic Therapies

One of the greatest concerns to adults within the autistic community – both autistic people, and parents who have experience and have seen the consequences – is how consistently the medical / health system promotes therapies for autistic children such as Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). And while many practitioners will claim there are crucial and marked differences, many other therapies follow a similar approach, including:  What Are They? These therapies all tend to engage a[…]...

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Autistic Women and Violence: A Threat to Our Safety

“Autistic female risk of being sexually assaulted is between two and three times as much than non-autistic females and about four times as much than autistic males.” – National Women’s Safety Alliance, Submission on the National Autism Strategy Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This day exists to raise awareness of the scale and nature of violence perpetrated against women around the world, including rape, domestic violence, restrictions, and[…]...

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The Presence of Unpleasance

The vast, vast majority of parents love their children unconditionally. When it comes to behavioural difficulties, one of the most confronting and devastating aspects is when parents have moments in which they realise they don’t necessarily like their child. Even for extended periods of time. The constant energy drain, emotional trauma, sleep deprivation, and even physical pain, that can accompany parenting kids struggling to regulate behaviour and emotions, can make it very difficult not to[…]...

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