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[quote=Anonymous]ABA has been a mixed bag for our kid but overall positive. It depends a lot on your kids needs. Without ABA our son would not have been potty trained and without that there are so many opportunities that he has had that would be unavailable to him. Biggest issue with modern ABA is that the techs are not paid enough so the quality is quite variable. I would also avoid any place where the BCBAs do their training/supervision of the BTs/RBTs virtually. We have never done center based but have heard it can present opportunities to socialize with other autistic children.

I think it can be useful to talk to and viewpoints of adult autistics. However, you need to listen to people who are (1) diagnosed professionally (2) have similar profile as your child. If you look on spaces like Reddit there are many autistic people who feel that self-diagnosed autistics dominate autistic spaces. The subreddits I have found helpful are autism certified, spicy autism. A big issue with self diagnosis is most lay people are not qualified to differentially diagnose. And there are also people with other, more stigmatized diagnosis like BPD and NPD that find it more palpable to be autistic.

In terms of support groups if you can give a general description of your area maybe  people can make suggestions?[/quote]

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