Quack Therapy Businesses and Therapists

It's time for me to make a list of ABA therapy businesses, conversion therapy businesses, etc., and expose them. 

ABA Therapy has been proven to be harmful, and does not work. Why? The US Department of Defense has stated the therapy does not work. This page will be dedicated to blog posts on exposing businesses that foster and support Applied Behavioral Analysis, etc. 

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Here is my list:

CASP

MAC

ABA is not Evidence-based. Please read further below for more:

If you need current (not outdated) evidence as to why Applied Behavioral Analysis & Behaviorism do not work, please see the following documents (content warning: ableist language, ableism, ABA, torture, shock, restraint, seclusion, isolation, racism, transphobia, etc):

- Annual Report on Autism Care Demonstration for FY 2020, June 25, 2020. Report sent to the Committee on Armed Services Of the Senate and House of Representatives on TRICARE and ABA.
 
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, October 2019. Department of Defense's report sent to Congress.

- The Autism Industrial Complex, January 29, 2021. Research published by Alicia Broderick and Robin Roscigno through the Journal of Disability Studies. 

- Autism and Behaviorism, January 21, 2020. Article published by Alfie Kohn through his website. 

- When Autism Researchers Disregard Harms, July 22, 2021. Research published by Michelle Dawson and Sue Fletcher-Watson through SAGE Journals.

- Resolution Opposing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), July 22, 2021. National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)'s statement opposing ABA services.

- “It’s Not What’s Done, But Why It’s Done”: Music Therapists’ Understanding of Normalisation, Maximisation and the Neurodiversity Movement, October 30, 2020. Research Published by Multiple Authors: Beth Pickard, Grace Thompson, Maren Metell, Efrat Roginsky, and Cochavit Elefant through Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy.

- NeuroDiversity & Disability – Flexing the Systems Instead of Blaming People for Being Unable to Fit In, June 5, 2021. Article published by Neurodivergent Rebel through their website.

- Interpersonal Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress in Autistic Adults, April 20, 2021. Updated Sept 02, 2021. Research published by Katherine E. Reuben, Christopher M. Stanzione, and Jenny L. Singleton in Autism in Adulthood through Mary Ann Liebert Publishers.

- A Conceptual Analysis of Autistic Masking, March 18, 2021. Published by Kieran Rose and Amy Pearson in Autism in Adulthood through Mary Ann Liebert Publishers.

- Cultivating Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health in Autistic Adults, September 2, 2021. Research published by Ru Ying Cai and Lydia Brown in Autism in Adulthood through Mary Ann Liebert Publishers.

- Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, March 12, 2013. Report sent to the United Nations Human Rights Council, by Juan E. Méndez.

- The Misbehaviour of Behaviorists, January 18, 2004. Essay published by Michelle Dawson through her website.

- The Great, Big ABA Opposition Resource List, August 11, 2019. Published by Ask an Autistic through their website.

- "At The Expense of Joy: Human Rights Violations Against Human Beings With Autism via Applied Behavioral Analysis", 2016. Essay published by Kelly Levinstein on her website.

- I Abused Children For A Living, April 3, 2017. Article published by birdmadgrrl on their website. 

- Reward and Consent, 2007. Articles published by ABA Leaks on their website.

- Autistic Conversion Therapy, April 27, 2016. Article published by Amy Sequenzia through the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network.

- The Hidden Potential of Autistic Kids, November 30, 2011. Published by Rose Eveleth through Scientific American.

- The Problem with Behaviorism, 2019. Published by the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint on their website.

- "Education Or Incarceration?", 2019. Published by the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint on their website.

- "Questioning the evidence behind evidence-based approaches", October 2020. Published by the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint on their website.

- "The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog", August 9, 2020. Published by John Greally through the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint on their website.

- "Seclusion Changed Me Forever", March 14, 2020. Published by Jennifer Tidd through the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint on their website.

- Lives In the Balance Site Research, 2021. Ross Greene's business' research published through their website and through other journals listed on the site.

- Lives In the Balance True Crisis Prevention, 2021. Ross Greene's business' research published through their website and through other journals listed on the site.

- Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, 2021. Ross Greene's business' research published through their website and through other journals listed on the site.

- Beyond Behaviors, 2019. Book published by Mona Delahooke through her website.

- The Child Trauma Academy, 1990. Company founded by Bruce Perry and published through his site. 

- Bruce Perry's Site, 2021. Published through his site.

- The Neurosequential Network, 2021. Published through their site.

- Anything else published here through the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective.

- Anything else published here through the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint.

Any other resources would be provided under our resources list. This list is not limited, but exhaustive.