Libre :neurodiversity:<p>Medical model of disability pushing ABA therapy to teach Autistics how to mask natural Autistic traits through social conditioning and reinforcement gives colonialism vibes, conditioning a subjugated population to assimilate into the dominant culture by forced adopting of routines and behaviors from the dominant culture and hiding traits and behaviors of their own culture.</p><p>There are some obvious differences between the two, a culture is not a neurotype, but can't help but draw the parallel in my mind at the moment.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ABA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABA</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AppliedBehavioralAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppliedBehavioralAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/MorningThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MorningThoughts</span></a></p>