In my opinion, by their own ethics code, behavior analysts are ethically required to have disclaimers on their materials. There should be something like this on every consent form: *ABA therapy focuses on the behavior of your child but does not take into account modern research in neurology,...
Echolalia, or repeating what is heard, is a very normal part of language development. Children that are learning to speak use this constantly. If I ask my 1-yr-old son if he wants a bath (one of his favorite activities), he will consistently say “baa” (he’s still working on final...
I was a bit naive. My reporting, which found very few autistic Amish and a much lower vaccination rate than the country as a whole, raised the specter of a link between vaccinations and autism, a link that was starting to get some traction as the autism rate inexplicably exploded in Ameri...