Full Text of Lovaas "Me Book" Internet Archive https://archive.org/
TW: This is the foundational document of ABA, written by the sadistic pioneer of ABA "therapy" & is literally a 'How To' guide for child abuse. It is quite possibly the most triggering and disturbing thing on our website. Please take caution. Triggers include:
ableism (both in language and perspectives), promotion of child abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, bullying and intimidation including shouting at children to invoke fear, restraint and seclusion, withdrawal of affection as punishment, starvation, electric shock, forced intimacy, forced eye contact, forced stillness/suppression of stims or any movement
Library of the History of Autism Research, Behaviorism, and Psychiatry neurodiversity.com
CN/TW: This is an index and contains many links from various sources, but there are likely to be triggers for physical abuse, ableism, electric shock, and psychological abuse
Screams, Slaps, and Love Life Magazine, curated by neurodiversity.com
TW: ableism, images and descriptions of children being tortured and in distress, physical abuse, electric shock, forced intimacy, victim blaming
Behavioral Treatment of Deviant Sex-Role Behaviors in a Male Child Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, curated by neurodiversity.com
TW: bigotry and abuse against gender non-conforming children, gay conversion therapy
The "Effeminate Boys" Studies Emma Pretzel https://emmapretzel.wordpress.com/
TW: gay conversion therapy, bigotry against gender non-conforming children
Therapy to Change 'Feminine' Boy Created a Troubled Man, Family Says CNN http://www.cnn.com/
TW: suicide, gay conversion therapy, physical abuse
Judge Rotenberg Center Living Archive Lydia X. Z. Brown https://autistichoya.net/
TW: Judge Rotenberg Center, institutions, electric shock, physical abuse
Saving Autistics and The World: Skin Shock at the 2009 ABA Convention Michelle Dawson http://autismcrisis.blogspot.com/
TW: Judge Rotenberg Center, electric shock, restraint
Activists Protest The Judge Rotenberg Center at ABAI DisTweet.com
TW: Judge Rotenberg Center, electric shock & restraint (including video footage)
'Cardgate' Scandal Uncovers Widespread Disrespect Of Autistic People NOS Magazine http://nosmag.org/
TW: bullying, behaviorists making jokes about disabled people and the abusive practices used against them (electric shock and other aversives, physical coercion, restraint, feces
ABA Providers Making Fun of Autistic People Amy Sequenzia https://autismwomensnetwork.org/
TW: bullying, behaviorists making jokes about disabled people and the abusive practices used against them, ableism, references to electric shock, coercion, institutionalization, R-word, poop jokes, TAGteach (clicker training)
ABA
* TW: While the practice, history, and culture of ABA was founded on, and continues to be riddled with ableism and abuse, we have tried to
provide specific trigger warnings for each of the below posts as needed.
Please let us know if we missed anything.