ABA Blog: Gone Viral: The Los Angeles Times Series About Autism

2011-12-20

Gone Viral: The Los Angeles Times Series About Autism

We have talked and heard all week about the biased and misinformed series published by the LA Times. Some credible critics to get acquainted with:

Since when did "cure" become the standard for funding treatment? @ Autism Pundit

Left Brain Right Brain

Ironically, these complaints come from the same people who repeatedly say that “autism costs society $3.5 million per individual”. A big piece of that $3.5M is ABA and if we as a community (or part of the community) are to defend the need forABA, we have to accept that there is a cost. I believe, and I commented, that the choice of language at times put a negative slant where one was not needed.

Dr. Tarbox at CARD:

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