Jessica Winter on Applied Behavior Analysis, a therapy for patients on the autism spectrum which has a troubling history.
When Hammond was twelve, she took an overdose of Tylenol. She told me that she’s not sure if she intended to attempt suicide; she just wanted the noise and negativity in her head to stop. Her mother brought her to doctors who gave Hammond a prescription for Paxil and a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome, which, at the time, was recognized as an autism-related disorder that affects communication and social-emotional skills.
who studied under Lovaas as an undergraduate, told me. In recent years, private equity has taken a voracious interest in A.B.A. services, partly because they are perceived as inexpensive. Private-equity firms have consolidated many small clinics into larger chains, where providers are often saddled with unrealistic billing quotas and cut-and-paste treatment plans.
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