My experience as a parent has been a privilege, I cannot speak for all or relate to many others on the subject.

It's concerning the opinions regarding ABA.

The practitioners should be operating within the parameters developed by the parents.

I certainly believe there are more parents out there concerned with the "symptoms" of ASD and many parents refuse to get a better understanding of how to modify their life/perspective and opinions to generate inclusion for their child.

Sure, many, if not most parents do as they're told in the treatment of their children... But if the therapies are being considered abusive, then I think the fault lies on the parameters that were defined and not the therapy.

As for ABA being the gold standard... Well, it's not of the same quality for gold standards as say Volvo is for safety... But it's a start. I mean, come-on, we used to drill holes in our skulls for the most ridiculous things...

So yeah, there's definitely room for improvement, as there is for all things. But improvement won't come if no one participates.

And I have less faith in people being parents than I do the scientific process...

So the abuse assigned to ABA I say is the result of parents trying to reshape their child, vs parents utilizing ABA to help their child develop skills needed to survive in a world the quite frankly does not give a shit about them, or anyone who doesn't have a voice that can be heard above the nonsense of humanity.

Whenever you see a result of the scientific process being abusive, racist or discriminatory... Was it the process or the practitioner?

Just my 2 cents.

Also home schooling would be absolutely the worst. Immersion into the community is paramount... For the person with ASD and their peers.

Had they included students with disabilities while I were in school I would be 10000 times better prepared to be a parent of a child with ASD and likely would have also lived a more enlightened and fulfilling life knowing people with disabilities are not a personal problem... It's a societal problem.

Awareness, acceptance and accountability on both sides (ND/NT) is needed and inclusion is the only way.

Home school.... Sweet lord.... Please do not do that to your child.

Considering Boston's likely going to be under water in 100 years, I don't understand why there isn't an active campaign to encourage corporations and universities to migrate here.

Don't get me wrong, I still go to chashu occasionally since it's convenient for me based on where I live.

But during covid I learnt to despise take out ramen, where you throw precooked cold noodles into warm broth... Blegh!

I thought dining in there would be different, but nope. As far as my ramen snob self can tell... It's still take out ramen, just in a fancy bowl.

I just can't rave about it.

Instant ramen is better....

Sachi in westboro definitely has better ramen...

Meh, over priced and ramen is not great... Always cold and noodles are off.

There's better ramen out there.

Thai time in Clinton is way better than brown rice imo, not the Thai time in Worcester they're not great at all.

Westboro Korean restaurant

Best as far as I know authentic too.

Well that guy must have loved his job.

Damn.

As a parent of an autistic child, I think environment is more critical than school.

If the home is safe, and the peers at the school accepting and you actively parent and participate with the school... It real does not matter.

School ratings offer a prestige that is supported by statistics. However these statistics and the facts driving them do not indicate bad school or teachers.

I think your child will prefer and excel where they feel comfortable loved and accepted.

As a white man... I can wholeheartedly say, non-white people are way more compassionate and accepting of others.

I grew up in a rich white town and went to school in a rich white town, best ratings in the state.

You know how many in my class actually graduated college? Less than 65%...

Rich towns have rich parents that pay for resources other communities cannot afford. The kids don't take it seriously...

To be able to afford those resources and live in a community where a child can see how fortunate they are... They won't take it for granted... They will work harder, appreciate more, and respect the less fortunate.

Just my opinion, is that there is way more to consider than school ratings. Especially if your child already has a community, and is excelling.

It depends.

My kids mother had a c section in both.

A part of the process after the surgery a doctor would come in and physically check the location of the uterus by pushing forcefully on her belly.

It's incredibly painful, so I have been told.

At UMass they did this to her 3 times a day for 5 days. A troop of doctors would march in and a new one would push each time.

St Vincent's it was done once a day by the OBGN on duty.

We finally realized that at UMass, those were students or residents coming in and doing a necessary procedure more frequently than needed.

Honestly, I think UMass did a great job, just need to be aware that it is a teaching hospital.

St Vincent's... Never even got my kids mom's negative covid test until day 3 and did not quarantine us or anything until she got a random fever on day 2... They all went into a panic

But we all lived.

Boring would be better than tearing it down....

But I think like a super intense escape room/laser tag/arcade thing...

Something to make Dave and busters look like a chucky cheese.

It's a super cool building... So much potential for something awesome other than a furniture store.