So the school we’ll be attending for an ASL certificate (2019-2020) has an #ABA program. It’s in the same department as the School for Deaf and Deafblind Studies.
We don’t know much about ABA (we only recently figured out we’re #autistic), but we’ve gathered from self-advocates that it’s something we want to avoid at all costs. I’m not sure how I should civilly and safely respond to an ABA student upon learning about their chosen career. @Malin believes I should punch them, which I’m not going to do.
If anyone has advice or recommended reading, I’m all eyes. Sucks that we’ll have to deal with it at all, but this is the only school in the country that offers a bachelors degree in ASL.
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