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Despite the plethora of evidence for the effectiveness of ABA-based interventions, some autism rights and neurodiversity activists have expressed concerns with ABA-based interventions. Concerns have included discontent with historical events and possible harm from the procedures and goals targeted. Keywords: Autism, Abuse, Behavioral intervention, Early intensive behavioral intervention, Self-stimulatory behavior.
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In this seminal study, Wolf and colleagues examined the effectiveness of several operant conditioning procedures e. The results of the study indicated that the procedures, based on behavior analytic principles, were effective for developing a variety of skills and ameliorating interfering behavior. In the decades following Wolf et al.
These studies have included evaluating the effectiveness of shaping Koegel et al. Therefore, ABA, as a practice, refers to the application of behavior analytic principles to improve socially important behaviors, which can include multiple types of interventions e.
Terms and phrases such as anti-ABA , ABA reform , dismantle and rebuild ABA , and all ABA is abuse are common within this opposition, which can be found on social media, blog posts, non-peer reviewed journals, and peer-reviewed journals.
