Michelle Dawson
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Autism rights movement |
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Michelle Dawson · Rett Devil |
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Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an autistic, autism researcher and autism rights activist who is best known for writing a paper challenging the ethical and scientific foundations of Applied Behavior Analysis(ABA)-based autism interventions and challenging ABA in the Supreme Court of Canada. Dawson's work has generated considerable controversy.
[edit] See also
- Autism rights movement
- Ethical challenges to autism treatment
- Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 3 S.C.R. 657