ABA therapy

A type of "therapy" that forces autistic children to conform to normal societal expectations instead of appreciating them for who they are. This requires them to work with "therapists" 20-40 hours a week in which they'll comply to act however way his/her parents want them to act even if it's physically and psychologically scarring. A lot of times the "therapists" will force autistic people to not stim or restrict meltdowns. They'll also emotionally manipulate their clients in which they reward them for being obedient and restricting their natural habits. This can often lead them to being overly obedient and anxious later in life in which they'll be scared to stand up for themselves for what is right.

Me: Poor Timmy has PTSD from all that ABA therapy he's endured.
Friend: Those fucking assholes. Why can't they just let us be ourselves and express ourselves in our own unique ways. It's not like we're hurting anyone while doing it.
Me: Because money that's why.

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ABA therapy

ABA or Applied behavior analysis is a type of therapy that work on fixing an autistic child "bad" behavior usually in a form of a Token reward system. Contrary to popular beliefs, ABA therapy do no punish a child for their bad behavior, they do however try to convince their client so that the client reach their appropriate action.
The downside of ABA therapy however is that it will often lead to the client having no ability to decide their own path.

Person A : god Mike is become more and more problematic with his tantrums.
Person B : why don't you take him to ABA therapy.
Person A : Hmmm sound like a great idea.

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