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If you have a child who has been diagnosed with a spectrum disorder like autism, your pediatrician may have suggested a therapy called applied behavior analysis. Sometimes called ABA therapy, it’s ...

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The therapy long considered the gold standard for autism faces an increasingly virulent opposition, mostly from people who experienced it in childhood. Applied behavior analysis, or ABA therapy, ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a type of therapy frequently applied to children with autism and other developmental disorders that focuses on imparting skills in specific domains of functioning, ...