Episode 305 - Ableism and the Medical Model of Disability

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Behavioralscience, Education, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Social Sciences, Aba, Science, Specialeducation

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

While I doubt any of us would purposefully cheer on ableist behavior in our daily work, what if I told you that you may be secretly promoting ableism every single day? This week we do some tough reflection on the medical model that most of us work within and how it may inherently dismiss the environmental factors at play in determining the impact of disabilities on individuals’ lives. And while we’re boosters of the neurodiversity movement, is it possible that their critiques might be going too far in regards to ABA? Hot buttons will get pressed in this episode!

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Articles discussed this episode:

Kapp, S.K., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Sherman, L.E., & Hutman, T. (2013). Deficit, difference, or both? Autism and neurodiversity. Developmental Psychology, 49, 59-71. doi: 10.1037/a0028353

Graber, A. & Graber, J. (2023). Applied behavior analysis and the abolitionist neurodiversity critique: An ethical analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 921-937. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00780-6

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track the podcast. That's like reading in your car, but safer. I'm your host Robert Perry Cruz, and with me, as always, are my fabulous co-hosts.
0:24.0	Hello, Rob, it's me, Diana Perry Cruz.
0:26.3	Hi, and it's me.
0:28.5	Me, me, Jackie.
0:31.0	Jackie Perry Cruz as well.
0:32.3	Jackie Perry Cruz, I've decided to change my name, much to the chagrin of my family.
0:36.5	We'll be like the Partridge family.
0:38.0	You know, they all fake, you know, we're like a TV.
0:40.6	Yeah.
0:40.9	Okay, so it was recently Rob's birthday.
0:43.8	It was.
0:44.3	And I posted a thing.
0:45.3	Possibly not when this episode comes out.
0:46.8	Well, you know, recently.
0:48.2	Not that long ago.
0:49.3	It was Ross birthday. and I posted a thing on the on the internet to say happy birthday to you and someone wrote in and said
0:57.2	oh yay the second funniest host oh and I said who's the funniest one and they said the one who sings
1:05.1	her name yes that's me so that's you so I got third place.
1:11.0	Only second funniest.
1:12.4	I don't know.
1:13.6	I disagree with that assessment.
1:16.1	I wholeheartedly agree with that.
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