We suspected that our daughter was likely autistic, so the news didn't really come as a shock or anything. The diagnosis is a relief, because now we know what we're dealing with. However, I feel like we're being shoved into ABA therapy, and every fiber of my being is telling me ABA is not the right approach.

What are some ABA alternatives that others in the group have had success with? Our daughter has been seeing a speech pathologist for about a year and she also attends a preschool program specifically for neurodivergent children. I think the progress that she's making in these programs is completely acceptable and appropriate for where she's at right now, but I'm feeling the full-court press from the autism clinic about ABA. They're also pushing a bunch of Autism Speaks literature on me, and when I research Autism Speaks, I don't find good things.

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