I didn't watch this tbh, MW makes me want to heat a poker and brand myself!
I had never heard of ABA until I came on this board, after that I researched it and what I realised ALL children are parented in a way that has its basis in ABA. Positive reward for good behaviour and negative for misbehaviour/inappropriate behaviour. The difference with ABA for our children is that it's more intensive and behaviour is closely monitored and recorded, reviewed and parenting is adjusted accordingly, oh and the small fact that our dc will have to practise that same appropriate behaviour so that it becomes intuitive. The NT parent may only have to reward negatively/positively once to see appropriate behaviour - but hey that would be because their dc are NT and ours have additional needs.
Based on this observation I am amazed by the ignorance around ABA, and I've often used the above example as to how actually our whole societal rules have a basis in ABA or vice versa.
I find their reference to "a dog" quite ironic even amusing. I wonder whether they harped back to "Pavlov's dog" experiment.
Now here is my amusement, if a dog behaves inappropriately it is the owners fault for not training it properly, which is followed by fear and ignorance and massive assumptions made of an entire breed of dog - does any of this sound familiar? I know I've faced judgement and ignorance of this kind.
I guess what I'm saying is that ABA is pretty integral to the make up of our society, if we don't train/teach our dc, how will they learn? So to those that say its wrong, well darling I say you've experienced the basics of ABA, it's how your learned.
As Boc says if we don't engage and support and villify and such attempts to do so, we will have to accept a significant number of people dependent on the state, where as if there had been focused, measurable and consistent intervention early there could have been a more positive outcome.
I would also like to see some legal enforcement of how disabilities and their treatments can be discussed. Currently UK broadcasting rules dictate that any medical information broadcast be it in the news or a TV drama is that they can only transmit facts (House, would not have been allowed to be made here). Medical practitioners are employed by dramas and you will often see pratitioners commenting on news programmes. And yet when it comes to such things like ASD ADHD MS and the like we can have a by-line in a topical shit show where by the average ignorant twonk will have by assumed they we feed our children from a dog bowl and de-flea them. That headline wouldn't have been allowed for a medical discussion, it's inflammatory, sensationalist and actually what else do you expect from MW.
BTW - I don't use an ABA program with my ds.