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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Who wrote this rubbish? Doctors aren’t willingly recommending abuse, and most of them refer to specialists.

[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ABA is abuse and very commonly recommended to autistic people (or more often, forced on autistic kids by parents).

[–] carlosdanger_@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh is that what ABA stands for?

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought it stood for American Bar Association. I still do, since no other definition was offered. I would disagree that the American Bar Association is abuse.

[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub -1 points 2 years ago

It refers to Applied Behavioural Analysis.

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Does this mean I'm normal now?

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