cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17147012

Respect

"Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."

-a 15yo autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy

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  • @radicalautonomyEnglish
    18•9 months ago

    I’ve seen this exact quote attributed to various anonymous people over the years, so I doubt it was written by a fifteen-year-old autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy. That said, ABA is trash.

    • hauiOPEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Thanks for mentioning it. No idea if its meant literally or figuratively because ABA is known for this exact method iirc.