Receiving a diagnosis of autism for your child can be an overwhelming experience. ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) is usually one of the first recommendations given by the diagnosing agency, but detractors of the approach (including most actually autistic people themselves) report it as ineffective if not outright abusive. The issue is control.
Control is closely linked to a feeling of emotional safety.
Children who feel safe are less likely to engage in as many rigid, control-based power struggles. Win-win situations actually do exist. Let me help you find yours.