Let's be REALLY Aware of Autism


	Let's be REALLY Aware of Autism

graphictruth

4-2-2008 7:27 PM

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autism awareness month, april, autistic spectrum, aba, lovaas method

graphictruth says:

This article, written in 2005, includes graphic images that speak of the roots and underlying assumptions of Applied Behavior Analysis. And yes, at one "snakepit school," autistics are still being shocked for being... autistic.

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