Is ABA Behaviour Interventionist a good job for an aspie?

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I agree with teaching to strengths, although I think most of us can agree that there are some skills that we are not so strong in that we still need to perform to some degree to be able to make it in the world. Even if you don't want to be mainstream or whatever, it's better for someone to have more tools in their toolbox, isn't it?

At least in the modern times, no behaviourists think that there is a "second person" hiding inside a person with autism. Each person we work with is just like everyone else... Someone who has a unique profile and potential to learn.

I remembering speech therapy for r-sounds when I was in junior high (ages 11 to 14).

I did fine with initial r-words, but then when I got to words like "lizard," "party," "pear," "car," the teacher kept saying again, again, again. It was extremely frustrating. She never told me how to make the sound.

When I took speech therapy as an adult, that person could tell me how to make the various sounds. It was a world of difference. I think she was a specialist in speech therapy, as was this other speech therapist I saw. Whereas the junior high person was a special ed generalist doing the best she can.

Maybe if she had gone at the task in more diagonal directions, instead of just full frontal.

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In junior high, this other kid and I would go to speech therapy. One time, the lady had us play tic-tac-toe for the whole session, even though it was cat game after cat game. Of course, it was! Neither one of us were stupid. It was like she clumsily stuck with her lesson plan for the day. She even commented, Oh, I hope someone makes a mistake soon (or drops their guard, or something of that sort). I felt this pressure to throw a game. I think I tried to see if I could make one mistake and recovery. The other boy won, and she effusively praised him.

We might disagree on some theoretical things, but it sounds like you embrace a healthy interplay between theory and practice.

I bet you do a good job and your clients are lucky to have you.

Dunno but I spent a good three hours reading about ABA when I borrowed an interesting book on autism theory.

Still can't help but wonder how this turned out for you, Tross!

Awaiting SJW type going on here and screaming "ABA iz torture!! !!!111"