This is one of the most charged topics in the autism community, and I want to make space for an honest, respectful thread about it. A few things I think are true at the same time: - ABA is the most insurance-covered, most accessible therapy in many parts of the U.S., and for many families it's the only thing offered the day of diagnosis. - Many autistic adults who went through intensive ABA as children describe lasting harm — being taught to suppress natural responses, to mask, to comply at the…