That’s how it is in ABA schools today, and the trauma from literally being abused is blamed on aUtIsM, and the abused kids are kept there because it’s supposed to “help” when it’s literally causing issues the kid never had before they were put in there. Then the kid ages out at 21 and moves into a group home connected to the same facility, instead of living an actual life. They could have had jobs, real friends, spouses, children, degrees, businesses, and lives, but now they wait to die in a cruel ‘Truman Show’ like reality where they’re gaslit into believing they’re living the best life possible. Yeah, a life where the best thing you’ve ever experienced, a once-in-a-lifetime dream come true, was eating a hot pocket.
Yeah I wonder why a seven year old who was shoved to the floor and sat on for looking at a clock was suicidal, must be the autism.
Most likely. I was in one from 2005 to 2015 and watched kids deteriorate into violent monsters and mindless zombies. I honestly wish I was just euthanized, that’s less fucked up.
Not all ABA is bad. Some ABA centers work with kids and adults to help them build skills to get a job or study in school, instead of trying to remove “bad” behaviors.
But ABA schools are stupid and kids should be put in neurotypical classrooms as much as possible.
That’s how it is in ABA schools today, and the trauma from literally being abused is blamed on aUtIsM, and the abused kids are kept there because it’s supposed to “help” when it’s literally causing issues the kid never had before they were put in there. Then the kid ages out at 21 and moves into a group home connected to the same facility, instead of living an actual life. They could have had jobs, real friends, spouses, children, degrees, businesses, and lives, but now they wait to die in a cruel ‘Truman Show’ like reality where they’re gaslit into believing they’re living the best life possible. Yeah, a life where the best thing you’ve ever experienced, a once-in-a-lifetime dream come true, was eating a hot pocket.
Yeah I wonder why a seven year old who was shoved to the floor and sat on for looking at a clock was suicidal, must be the autism.
ABA schools are still a thing??
Most likely. I was in one from 2005 to 2015 and watched kids deteriorate into violent monsters and mindless zombies. I honestly wish I was just euthanized, that’s less fucked up.
I’m sorry you and others had/have to go through that. It’s infuriating that anyone would do that.
Not all ABA is bad. Some ABA centers work with kids and adults to help them build skills to get a job or study in school, instead of trying to remove “bad” behaviors.
But ABA schools are stupid and kids should be put in neurotypical classrooms as much as possible.