My Views on Therapy for Autistic
Jude Morrow ??
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Loads and loads of parents ask, "What therapies would be of benefit to my autistic child?", and my answer is zero.
I'll give you the reason why. There are so many therapies that are out there, one in particular, which is Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), which I and the autistic community, and many, many others say, that whilst receiving it as a child, it has had some negative effects into adulthood.
For example, not having the skill to self-advocate and having an attitude of compliance. Because what Applied Behaviour Analysis does is, teaches compliance. It's a normalisation therapy for autistic children to try and fit in with everyone else and comply with what makes the majority feel most comfortable.
At NTI, that's not something that we support. If a parent or anyone doesn't accept their child, there are going to be consequences into adulthood as well.
So, that's the first thing. Don't be railroaded into all these therapies that will fix or repair your autistic child, because the fact of the matter is this, as autistic people, we are not broken. We are not in need of repair.
As I've said time and time again, just accept it, that's it.
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3 年Every child is different & many therapies are beneficial; some more so than others. Without some therapies, some Children’s development would not progress; some children would not have the ability to develop speech, to communicate their needs, become toilet trained, learn to play, interact, achieve their potential, whatever that is for them. If you tell every parent their child needs no therapy, you are denying them the opportunity to help their child develop skills they may never develop & denying their children the chance to learn & develop essential life and independent living skills. I’m not an advocate for ABA either personally & didn’t use that specifically with my daughter but she did have speech & language therapy; my husband & I went on a course to help us learn how to communicate with her at her level of communication & learned Makaton sign language with her until she developed verbal speech. She also had sensory integration therapy to help her integrate her sensory processing to enable her to make better sense of her world. She attended specialist education because mainstream head teachers & some classroom teachers excluded & isolated her so I moved her. Please don’t discount all therapy because if your view on one.