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– The Live Course</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/event/neurodiversity-affirming-aba-live/"><img fetchpriority="high" width="800" height="800" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Neurodiversity-Affirming-ABA-1024x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Neurodiversity-Affirming-ABA-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Neurodiversity-Affirming-ABA-e1705957992114.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Neurodiversity-Affirming-ABA-150x150.png 150w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Neurodiversity-Affirming-ABA-768x768.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>► Presenter: Julie Roberts, M.S., CCC-SLP, Founder – Therapist Neurodiversity Collective ► When: March 21, 2024, @ 4:00 pm Pacific/6:00 pm Central/7:00 pm Eastern ► Target Audience: Anyone interested in […]</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/event/neurodiversity-affirming-therapy_latinex-communities/">Neurodiversity and Culturally Responsive Therapy for U.S. Latinx Communities</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/event/neurodiversity-affirming-therapy_latinex-communities/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ASHLEY-ARIAZ-e1691113002876.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ASHLEY-ARIAZ-e1691113002876.jpg 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ASHLEY-ARIAZ-e1691113002876-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Neurodiversity and Culturally Responsive Therapy for U.S. Latinx Communities Presenter: Ashlee Barrios-Ariaz, M.S., CCC-SLP When: January 11, 2024, @ 4:30 pm Pacific/6:30 pm Central/7:30 pm Eastern Audience: This neurodiversity-affirming educational […]</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/ieps-ableist-goals-and-parents-rights/">IEPs, Ableist Goals and Parents’ Rights</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/ieps-ableist-goals-and-parents-rights/"><img width="500" height="500" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/laptop.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/laptop.png 500w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/laptop-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/laptop-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p>A neurodiversity-affirming parent’s anonymous post to Therapist Neurodiversity Collective requested information that might help them advocate for their special education student in the IEP meeting. From the information contained in the post, it appeared that the school, although possibly unintentionally, was not aware of IDEA and Supreme Court decisions, and therefore violated parental rights to meaningfully participate in and contribute to the IEP meeting. Additionally, it is clear that our public school system is lagging in knowledge and application of contemporary research evidence about autism, and as a result, the kids are paying the consequences with poor mental health outcomes. </p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/toxic-social-skills-training-goals/">Toxic Social Skills Training Goals, “Be yourself, but not like that.”</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/toxic-social-skills-training-goals/"><img width="500" height="500" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-SST-500-×-500-px.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-SST-500-×-500-px.png 500w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-SST-500-×-500-px-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-SST-500-×-500-px-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p>The vast majority of new-to-me students come with IEPs that have, probably well-meaning, but in actuality, toxic social skills goals. Here are some alternatives.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/neurodiversity-affirming-therapy/">Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy: Positions, Therapy Goals, and Best Practices</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/neurodiversity-affirming-therapy/"><img width="800" height="800" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events-1024x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events-150x150.png 150w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events-768x768.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Events.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>Neurodiversity-affirming therapy: Dozens of neurodiversity-affirming therapy goals and best practice resources for ally SLPs and OTs.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/influencer-therapists-dubious-ethics-poor-quality-services/">Influencer Therapists: Dubious Ethics & Poor Quality Services</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/influencer-therapists-dubious-ethics-poor-quality-services/"><img width="512" height="341" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-influencers-e1647617643195.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-influencers-e1647617643195.png 512w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-influencers-e1647617643195-300x200.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a><p>“And, at the end of the day, that’s what a lot of therapy “influencers” are after: exploiting vulnerable families to benefit their own bottom line and their online image. And it’s time that professionals and parents begin talking about it and pushing back.”</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/ableism-speech-pathology/">Ableism in Speech Pathology</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/ableism-speech-pathology/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/But-please-be-nice.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/But-please-be-nice.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/But-please-be-nice-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>1/24/2022, by Nicole Lobsey, Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist Like most health and education fields, Speech Pathology is a heavily ableist field. Speech Pathology practices are based on: Assessment against neurotypical […]</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/respectful-feeding-therapy-part-2/">A Parent’s Guide to Respectful Feeding Therapy: Part 2</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/respectful-feeding-therapy-part-2/"><img width="800" height="741" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-1024x949.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-1024x949.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-300x278.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-768x712.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-1536x1423.png 1536w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Force-feeding-Illustration-2048x1898.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>ABA providers will tell you to break your child, to reward your child for eating food, to re-present food your child has spit out or vomited, to restrain your child in a chair and do not let them leave the chair. There are better ways.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/neurodiversity-and-autism-intervention-aba-cant-be-reconciled/">Neurodiversity and Autism Intervention (ABA) can’t be reconciled.</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/neurodiversity-and-autism-intervention-aba-cant-be-reconciled/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/counting-money.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/counting-money.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/counting-money-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>And let’s talk about considerable ethical and financial conflicts of interest with this paper and its authors, shall we?</p><p>Reader, every single author of this paper is trained in ABA, (three of them are actually BCBAs), so clearly each author has a vested financial interest in duping people into believing that ABA is “Neurodiversity Approved”.<br /> (It’s always about the $$$.)</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/unemployed_fortnite_and-cheetos/">They refuse to work. So now what? Just let them become unemployed and play Fortnite and eat Cheetos all day?</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/unemployed_fortnite_and-cheetos/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nope.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nope.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nope-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>They refuse to work. So now what? Just let them become unemployed and play Fortnite and eat Cheetos all day?</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/aba-call-to-action/">ABA Call to Action!</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/aba-call-to-action/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Stop-ABA.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Stop-ABA.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Stop-ABA-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Did you know that there is a Congressional Autism Caucus? This 141-member caucus includes members from both parties in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S.<br /> Now is the time to voice your opposition to ABA!<br /> Contact your State Congressional Members of the Congressional Autism Caucus https://doyle.house.gov/issues/autism-caucus/autism-caucus-membership</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/the-problems-with-pairing/">Confessions of a Previous ABA Technician – 2</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/the-problems-with-pairing/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pairing-2.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pairing-2.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pairing-2-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Through the pairing procedure, children begin to learn that doing things that feel good to them (e.g. autistic play, stimming, etc.) are less valuable than the things that make the therapist feel good (i.e. neurotypical play, compliance). They learn to ignore their feelings of distress when confronted with a task they find aversive and mask their distress to please their caregivers. They become motivated by the praise they receive when they “do the thing” and become reliant on external reinforcement rather than intrinsic motivation, regardless of how much they are suffering.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/coregulation-authentic-communication/">“First Do No Harm”: How SLPs Who Ignore Coregulation Reduce Children’s Access to Authentic Communication</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/coregulation-authentic-communication/"><img width="684" height="1024" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Casey-Article.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Casey-Article.jpg 684w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Casey-Article-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px" /></a><p>Many speech-language pathologists do not think of sensory, emotional, or cognitive regulation as a part of their area of practice. In actuality, though, all communication originates from the need for regulation, and it is impossible to support a child’s communication skills or language development without understanding and supporting their regulation needs.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/nothing-about-social-skills-training-is-neurodivergence-affirming/">Nothing about Social Skills Training is Neurodivergence-Affirming – Absolutely Nothing.</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/nothing-about-social-skills-training-is-neurodivergence-affirming/"><img width="800" height="800" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity-1024x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity-150x150.png 150w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity-768x768.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/rainbow-infinity.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>But, training the autism out of an autistic person is neither ethical nor accepting of neurodiversity. Deficit-driven clinicians continue to attribute any Autistic social difference as “deficient” but flat out ignore the fact that social communication reciprocity is a two-way street. Nothing about Social Skills Training is neurodivergence-affirming therapy. Absolutely nothing.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/why-we-model-language-instead-of-using-pecs/">Why We Model Language and Honor All Communication, instead of Using PECS®</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/why-we-model-language-instead-of-using-pecs/"><img width="800" height="800" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-1024x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-100x100.png 100w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-600x600.png 600w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-150x150.png 150w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design-768x768.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dancing-design.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>Today in a virtual Zoom therapy session, the parent asked me why I don’t use PECS® in speech therapy (with non-speaking or minimally speaking Autistic children). After watching her child laugh, dance, and have fun during therapy, after watching them imitate action verbs, and spontaneously communicate a desire, spontaneously point to my assistant and me on the screen, and smile at us all, it became clear to this parent that there are different kinds of therapy sessions. This kind isn’t all about compliance.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/masking-goals-autistic-middle-school-girls/">On Writing Masking Goals for Autistic Middle School Girls – Stop It!</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/masking-goals-autistic-middle-school-girls/"><img width="800" height="800" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-1024x1024.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-300x300.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-100x100.png 100w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-600x600.png 600w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-150x150.png 150w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-768x768.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-2048x2048.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>Our autistic female students are constantly mimicking and copying behaviors of peers so they can hide their autism. We, as clinicians, teach them to do this because we were taught that autism must be hidden and masked through the therapy we provide. We are licensed, credentialed ableists, “therapizing: our autistic students to learn to be in a constant state of making in order to be acceptable, to be worthy, to be liked.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/why-teach-perspective-taking-neurodiversity-acceptance/">Why Perspective-Taking and Neurodiversity Acceptance? (Part 2 of “Training” Social Skills is Dehumanizing: The One with the Therapy Goals)</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/why-teach-perspective-taking-neurodiversity-acceptance/"><img width="800" height="342" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/persons-eye-with-blue-eyes.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/persons-eye-with-blue-eyes.jpg 800w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/persons-eye-with-blue-eyes-300x128.jpg 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/persons-eye-with-blue-eyes-768x328.jpg 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/persons-eye-with-blue-eyes-600x257.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>Wasted years upon years of endlessly drilling autistic children and adolescents to memorize and parrot “appropriate” rote phrases for specific social situations will not lead to their peers perceiving them as more likable. Social skills training is not a “cure” for autism despite what the ABA industry would like for us all to believe. All “social skills training’ does is to teach autistic people how to mask their autism. And the potential harms of masking (exhaustion, anxiety, depression, frustration, decreased self-esteem suicidal ideation) are significant.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/training-social-skills-is-dehumanizing-part-1/">“Training” Social Skills is Dehumanizing (Part 1)</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/training-social-skills-is-dehumanizing-part-1/"><img width="800" height="671" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABA-1.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABA-1.png 940w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABA-1-300x251.png 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABA-1-768x644.png 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ABA-1-600x503.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>Dictating how an autistic person is expected to communicate in specific social situations takes away their self-determination. Training people as one trains animals is appalling. Therapist Neurodiversity Collective believes in respecting the authentic social communication of all people, which includes all Autistic people, rather than compelling compliance for neurotypical expectations through a system of rewards and punishments.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/fundamental-research-problems-bcs-asd/">Fundamental Research Problems with the ASHA Board Certified Specialist in Autism Spectrum Disorders (BCS-ASD), by BARRY R. NATHAN, PhD</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/fundamental-research-problems-bcs-asd/"><img width="250" height="341" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Barry-Nathan-PhD-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Barry-Nathan-PhD-1.jpg 250w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Barry-Nathan-PhD-1-220x300.jpg 220w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a><p>There are fundamental problems with the Board Certified Specialist in Autism Spectrum Disorders (BCS-ASD). Therefore, it is imperative that ASHA not only sever any relationship with the BCS-ASD, but vociferously work to prevent its adoption by speech-language pathologists.</p></article><article class="post"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://therapistndc.org/a-letter-from-an-slp-to-a-parent-immediately-after-an-autism-diagnosis-for-a-5-year-old/">A Letter from an SLP to a Parent, Immediately After an Autism Diagnosis for a 5-Year-Old</a></h2><a href="https://therapistndc.org/a-letter-from-an-slp-to-a-parent-immediately-after-an-autism-diagnosis-for-a-5-year-old/"><img width="800" height="534" src="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-300x200.jpg 300w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-768x512.jpg 768w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Canva-Three-Toddler-Eating-on-White-Table-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p>“Please remember what we talked about regarding eye contact, echolalia, sensory needs, picky eating and especially how to choose therapies that will respect his dignity and autonomy, and that won’t crush the joyous and precious little person that he is. I will advocate for him; but because you will need to learn how to become be his biggest champion, I have sent you links to resources for you to begin to educate yourself about Autism. I understand that you were very upset yesterday when they told you the diagnosis. 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