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What is Applied Behavioural Analysis?
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) is a science that seeks to change behaviour of people from many marginalised groups including LGBTQIA+ people and Autistic people. In this article I focus on what ABA means for Autistic people, although many of these issues will overlap. Conditioning behaviour ABA uses operant conditioning, where behaviour is either punished or rewarded depending…
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Abnormality: The new normal?
‘Abnormal behaviour’ is socially constructed through culture- and context-embedded concepts of normativity; the extent to which behaviour is considered abnormal is often dependent on the perception and capacity of others (Emerson & Einfeld, 2011). The perceived characteristics of the individual may also define the extent to which their behaviour is considered abnormal. For example, differences…