None of the As in ABA stand for autism: Dispelling the myths
@article{Dillenburger2009NoneOT,
title={None of the As in ABA stand for autism: Dispelling the myths},
author={Karola Dillenburger and Mickey Keenan},
journal={Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability},
year={2009},
volume={34},
pages={193 - 195},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1818966}
}This paper addresses the issue of what A BA is and how ABA is related to the array of treatments for ASD by outlining what ABA are and how they are related to each other.
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