I am parking this here because I don't know what I want to do with it yet. I think people believe I don't venture outside of my own little nooks on social media. I think they think that I don't know others who always do, and they inform me on what they see.
This community has a lot of work to do. A lot of incorrect assumptions about who I am, what I feel, and what I do. I have lots of time to respond to them. I often choose not to. But I am in a season of "I am going to."
There's a whole lot of thinking that if I don't explicitly state "ABA is horrible," and leave it at that, then it must mean I support it. There's a lot of that whole "ABA is abuse, yes, all ABA and if parents put their children through it, then they are enabling abuse" going on out there.
That last one is the one that set me the fuck off, honestly. If we continue to fight from the binary, we will always lose.
I won't even tap into the irony of the fact that those who share in this incredibly horrific and demeaning way are demonstrating ABA principles in their work. Not yet. That requires a longer, more drawn out share.
I am still working on that mini-course thingy based on my essay "This was never about ABA." I can't wait to see how that turns out.
I will share this soon. Probably not today though. And I might record it. Use it as a script. I am still thinking on it. Might tweak it some more.
Note: the "you" and "y'all" are general and I don't honestly think it applies to any of y'all in this space.
Alright, here it is:
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