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trigger warning: aba, ableism, institutionalized child abuse. decoration and smudges. the door itself has chips in its paint and markings on it, despite the bright color. it is closed, when i first became an aba therapist, i was thrilled. i was actually going to use my psych degree, get paid more than minimum wage, and above all, make a positive difference in autistic children’s lives. or at least, that’s what i thought. now i look back, and the year i spent working in aba is my single greatest regret. when i left, it wasn’t a decision i made overnight. it was a long, difficult process, full of denial and confusion. i don’t enjoy talking about it because i did so many wrong things that affected kids’ lives, and i don’t want to offer any excuses for myself. but i do want you to get a sense of what the process was like, in case anyone reading this happens to be in the same position. before i go any further, i want to say that i’m so grateful for the autistic community for sharing about their lives and their experiences. i’d probably still be working in aba right now if it wasn’t for their tireless efforts to call out ableism, which helped me recognize it in my own life and in my work. listening to their voices and their traumatic experiences of aba is what made me quit, and none of these critiques of aba are my own. i learned everything from autistic people, and i’m going to link to many of their. since aba affects autistic people’s lives first and foremost, their voices are the most important part of this discussion, and it’s. and of course, the links in this post are only just a small sample of all the invaluable information that exists within the autistic community – you can learn so much more by continuing to seek out autistic writers and speakers. before you continue reading, i because there is already so much misinformation about what autism even is. and there is no better expert on autism than someone who actually i also want to recognize that many forms of therapy for autistic kids are called “aba,” but not all would actually be considered