@breadandcircuses @Binder to be clear, Autistic people want NOTHING to do with ABA. It's literally torture that requires a lifetime of therapy to try and compensate for.

Conceptually imagine slapping your kid every time they dare to do something that their biologically different brain requires just because it's different than the behaviors a neurotypical brain requires.

Will they start acting "Normal”? Sure. Will they be fucked up as a result? Definitely.