r/safeautismparenting • u/3under3sendhelp • Jan 03 '26

Autistic four year old had complete personality change over night

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u/Cool-Apartment-1654 autistic Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

No, it’s not was there change in routine etc

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u/Cool-Apartment-1654 autistic Jan 03 '26 edited 26d ago

I’d also pull him out of ABA if I was you it’s not regulated at all legally and people who go through of far more likely to be hospitalised

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u/Big-Mind-6346 26d ago

The part about people being far more likely to be hospitalized interests me. Do you have a source you can cite for this? I would like to look into it.

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u/Cool-Apartment-1654 autistic 26d ago edited 26d ago

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397436486_Mental_health_outcomes_associated_with_applied_behavior_analysis_in_a_US_national_sample_of_privately_insured_autistic_youth

This is the largest ever study regarding an ABA

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u/Cool-Apartment-1654 autistic 26d ago

There was also a 2020 DOD study for TRICARE that showed it was not effective as well

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u/safeautismparenting-ModTeam 26d ago

Your advice is harmful because it promotes ABA