Disabled and Autistic children are already at a higher risk of victimization compared to their neurotypical (NT) and non-disabled peers.
Putting vulnerable children in any program which utilizes behaviourism, forces compliance, and “trains” children to obey adults puts them at far greater risk.
This is why I was not surprised (devastated, yes, but not surprised) to learn that a man who has been convicted of trafficking children is living at one of these places right in my home province of Ontario.
The centre is called “Beating The Odds”, located in Essa Township, near the town of Barrie. Places like this are similar to conversion camps for gay kids — they’re trying to turn Autistic kids into NT kids.
As Autistic adults have been trying to warn folks for decades, they’re dangerous and abusive.
These instances are more the rule than the exception
Think the “new” or “modern” behaviourism is a lot better than the old school approaches? Think these serious incidents that make the news are rare exceptions?
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