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Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an autistic person and an autism researcher.[1][2] She has written a paper[3] challenging the ethical and scientific foundations of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)-based autism interventions. She also challenged the medical necessity of ABA for autistics in the Supreme Court of Canada in Auton v. British Columbia, 3 S.C.R. 657.[4] Dawson's work has generated considerable controversy. In the mid 2000s, Michelle Dawson joined Laurent Mottron's research team.[5][6]
Dawson says that most scientists try to determine how autistic brains are broken, but Dawson thinks it would be more useful to try to determine how autistic brains work rather than how they are broken.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Woodford, Gillian. "Rebels debunk autism weird science: Scientific mavericks rethink their 'neurocentric' attitudes about diagnosis and treatment", National Review of Medicine, May 15, 2006, Volume 3, No. 9. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ Bower, Bruce (July 7, 2007, Vol. 172, No. 1, p. 4). Hidden Smarts: Abstract thought trumps IQ scores in autism. Science News Online. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ Dawson, Michelle (2004-01-18). The Misbehaviour of Behaviourists. No Autistics Allowed.
- ^ Michelle Dawson on Autism in Society, Law and Science. Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ a b Collier, Roger. "Autism" (facsimile). The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved: 22 Feb. 2008
- ^ a b Wolman, David. "[1]". Wired. Retrieved: 17 Mar. 2008
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