thephyrexianeggroll: neurowonderful:Image: Five memes made from a photograph of a cheerleader on a
thephyrexianeggroll: neurowonderful: Image: Five memes made from a photograph of a cheerleader on a field, wearing a blue puzzle piece “autism awareness” t-shirt and a sash that says “ABA therapist”, holding silver pom poms and kicking their leg enthusiastically above their head. The text overlaid reads, “How do I stay in shape? Mental gymnastics,” “I abuse children, yes I do, shut up or I’ll abuse you too,” “Together we can instill lifelong self-hate,” “A-B-A is how we say you could be a person one day,” and “Be aversive, B-E A-V-E-R-S-I-V-E.” The sixth image is the original photo with no text overlaid. So I, uh, saw this article about cheerleaders wearing their “day jobs” instead of their uniforms. One of them was an ABA-ist in a blue puzzle piece tee shirt. Seeing as how I have no chill and too much Photoshop… The last one is the original, in case anyone needs it. For reasons. Ok. Hey. Look. I’m an ABA therapist. I’m sorry for what you went through with your therapist, but not all therapists do this. We don’t use punishment procedures anymore, and we don’t dehumanise our clients either. When people post stuff like this, it ends up preventing children from getting the help they need. Found the abuse apologist.Let me make my stance clear:No sympathy for child abusers. Fuck ableism. Death to the ABA industry. Liberation, freedom, acceptance, and celebration for all autistic people. -- source link