Musings on Living with Mental Disability

[slightly expanded from my social media post] The light is fading... My brain isn't working well lately. As someone with life-long depression and decades of chronic pain and fatigue, I regularly go through ups and downs of mental functioning (separate from mood), as I have for many years. I know the cycle, but the downs…

Furthur nuances of ABA-based therapies

I've been seeing a lot of discussion online lately about ABA-based therapies.* Can these therapies ever be done right? How can you tell when a therapy is damaging even though it is play-based, uses no aversives, and doesn't seem unpleasant for the child undergoing it? Are stressful therapies ok in small doses? Most people, including…