Education of People with Autism

I'm a bad talker. BUT this is me trying (badly) to express my feelings about the pros and cons of ABA as it is practiced today.

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• autism
• aba

[JAREDMICHALLE]

I'm autistic,and really I'm a lot smarter than I would seem at first.You just have to get to know me a bit.

[gorramdoll]

That's so awesome that you said that!

she asked if I had an autistic person in my family when I was interviewing, and I said my dad and I had AS, but then my mom spoke to her once when she tried to call me about scheduling, and mentioned that I had AS, and she apparently didn't know? so...yeah.

thanks you should do more talking videos too.

[dietcokewithcherry]

Does the head of this school know about your Aspergers? I think you mentioned once or twice that none of them knew? Either way, I get your drift. The answers are all out there somewhere, professionals really just need to open their minds and see it. I know must of them have the best intentions, so I don't hold anything against them per say, but I'm still waiting for the day higher functioning autistics are acknowledged more. You're doing a good job vlogging on youtube, don't stop. Ever. :-)

[dietcokewithcherry]

An example of when I did say something was when he had one of his bad/agressive days (I have a few scars from having worked with him actually). His 'mentor' said "Ohmygod he's really suffering from his autism today isn't he?" and I got angry and said "Really? To be honest, I think he's suffering from your fucking stupidity" -- that nearly got me fired. I'm no good at containing my anger. Oh and it was not in a school setting, it was an 'activity group' for severely mentally disabled kids.

[dietcokewithcherry]

I stimmed in one of my videos and I deleted it and never put it up, because I thought no one would want to see it. But I loved it in your video, so if I cried it was in a good way. :-)

I know what you mean about realising the importance of it from seeing how others aren't allowed; it makes you think. I didn't speak up about the kid from my song much, to be honest, because I knew I couldn't phrase it in an acceptable manner.

[gorramdoll]

oh, when you were interning with the kid from your song, was in a school setting, or what?

[gorramdoll]

used to be like and how they've removed elements of it (I think it was vocalizing with rocking and moving his hand back a certain way, and now it's just vocalizing).

and I just wanted to be like...um, there are ASD people who talk. For example, the person sitting in your office right now. And there are autistic kids in THIS VERY SCHOOL who have developed good language. ASK THEM WHY THEY STIM.

[gorramdoll]

Oh no, I didn't think you were attacking me at all! And I'm sorry the video made you cry. I'm just sort of rediscovering stimming as a coping mechanism instead of, like I said, a kind of bulimia. And I think it's partly seeing kids not being allowed to do it that made me realize how important it was.

Anyway when she was talking to me she said, "We don't know why he does this, but he must be getting some kind of reinforcement" so they're doing all this stuff, and she demonstrated what his stim

[dietcokewithcherry]

Anyway, I hope you didn't feel like I was attacking you. I honestly wasn't. You seem wise enough to weigh out the cons and pros of saying something at the school you're interning at, and to do whatever's best. Not attacking you at all. Just attacking ..the world.

[dietcokewithcherry]

Maybe you should, but you'd have to do it in your own time and you'd have to find someone open-minded enough to listen. I'd probably try to write a balanced essay before my departure, but I can't really see what your situation is like, and I trust you'd make the best choice yourself.

Maybe you are just a kid, but you're a kid with at least some answers. Don't undervalue yourself. I think you're pretty much amazing. I cried my eyes out in a recent music video of yours in which you stimmed, haha.