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[quote=Anonymous]OP take all this advice with a caution as every child, family and treatment plan should be catered to that child.  ABA has its good and bad qualities but ultimately it really depends on the provider.  I would find another more flexible provider and start with a few hours a week and if it is helpful increase from there, especially if insurance is not covering it.

Autism is not curable - you can help to make a child more higher functioning but if they were cured, they never had autism and had something else/misdiagnosed.  Many things can look like autism but those things resolve themselves whereas autism always stays.

We tried it, did not find it helpful for our child's needs and did not continue (I did post above).  If my child had true autism I would have continued.  We had a nice gentle provider who came and worked with my child.  It was too basic for him but there are good providers who are flexible and will cater to what you want/ours did.  There are also many that are very strict ABA and very harsh and that does not work well with all kids.

Try it, especially if you can get it covered.  If you do not like the provider, you switch.  Try a few or talk to them before agreeing.  We interviewed a bunch to get the right fit.  [/quote]

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