onewilybobkat

This hits the nail on the head and drives it in in a single swing. Everyone I know with autism who has been through ABA have described it as nothing less than abusive. I'm sure there's a few out there who may have found some that helped them, but the methodology is all wrong for all the reasons you listed. Hell, my girlfriend is higher up on the spectrum, and I wouldn't change anything about her unless it's something she wanted to change. Hell, there's a good chance I'm on the spectrum myself, but with my specific combo of problems, that's a bit less clear, but I know i definitely wouldn't want to go through what my friends did, even if it did help with a lot of the problems I have. I've tried changing who I was by imitating and it's just not good.

Oof. Yeah the latter I could see leading to problems. Surprised Hollywood hasn't tried abusing that as an excuse.

What is coproxia? I'm having trouble pinning it down on Google.

Do you tic things other than swears? Or is coprolalia completely centered around that? Also, do you suffer from physical tics as well? Are those 100% for TS sufferers?