Facing Autism in New Brunswick provides a good perspective on autism and aba from a person who is not an aba-professional nor an aba-focused academic. This recent post highlights Edward Morris' critique of "The Gernsbacher Lectures", which Morris argues misrepresent behavior analysis:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Autism and ABA: Morris's (Unanswered) Challenge to Gernsbacher Will Be Featured at CalABA Annual Conference 2010
Edward K. Morris is scheduled to give
what should be a fascinating keynote speech at the 28th Annual Regional
Conference of the California Association for Behavior Analysis. Professor
Morris's topic will be The Gernsbacher Lectures: Cut Aways, Outtakes, and
Bloopers - and Essentialism. The CalABA conference is scheduled for February 18
to 20, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine California.
Professor Morris published a scathing article in the Behavior Analyst, A Case Study in the Misrepresentation of Applied Behavior Analysis in Autism: The Gernsbacher Lectures, in which he thoroughly, systematically and candidly dissected and demolished her criticisms of ABA.
To my knowledge Professor Gernsbacher has not provided a public reply to
Professor Morris's challenge .... [click for more]
