ABA is bad, very bad. Here’s what to do instead. These alternatives to ABA are presented in convenient bulleted lists of strategies with links to deep resources. In collaboration with @Autistic Realms. stimpunks.org/why/alternativ…

‘Health professionals recommending interventions should be advised that there is little robust evidence supporting the provision of intensive intervention’ for Autistic children. #BetterWaysThanABA

Needed this today!!

Trauma doesn't make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive track. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they are stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.

Neurospicy Âû Hope to see folx in the @AutisticsUnmskd space on Sunday!

Ok folx, please have at it. #AskingAutistics what do you think about today’s launch of the #CanadianNationalAutismStrategy Comparative analyses, critical feedback and guttural responses all encouraged. Now the real work begins. canada.ca/en/public-heal… Autism Alliance of Canada

Dear X algorithm, I am sorry for not abiding by your colonial structures which only value and make visible the posts of those who follow so many less than they have followers. We the meek…

NEW PRE-PRINT ALERT! Taylor Burns did an incredible MSc project this year with me on Identity distress as contributing to the effects of masking on autistic people's mental health doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… 1/

Evan He knows the real deal🤣

Neurodiversity_In_Principal (Tweets are my Âûn) Dr. Mona Delahooke Yes there is! The results state that ABA is damaging in one out of every three cases, and due to that, there will be a debate soon and places like Amsterdam and Den Haag have decided to cease the usage of ABA. In short? We’re getting results! 👍

Register Now for our first Neurodivergent Changemakers event!

My recent book talk about my 2023 book- ABA: The Troubling History & Legacy of Today's Most Popular Autism Therapy. Many thanks to NINE & Neurodiversity_In_Principal (Tweets are my Âûn) for the invite to their excellent series! Starts at 10.59 youtube.com/watch?v=2kRGNh…

An exciting development in Durham District School Board (DDSB) ! Hopeful Toronto District School Board Peel District School Board HDSB & all across province learn from this. The insights from #Neurodivergent educators, practitioners, leaders & service providers are invaluable! Elementary Educators CUPE Ontario Education Ontario Education Ontario

[COO needs advisory services to help Ontario Indian Act Bands/Reserves transition into Indigenous Municipal Gov't's, there are 5 already!] Request for Proposals: Consultant – Political Review and Analysis Services chiefs-of-ontario.org/request-for-pr…

And this means NO PUZZLE PIECES. We got the A$’s out of Canada.