Is It Full Inclusion For Everyone Except Pre-School Children With Autism?

The experts all agree: (and you know when I say 'experts' I mean the mom's and dad's of autistic children and adults on the spectrum) autism is a different experience for everyone.  Those other experts: doctors, therapists, teachers etc, they would also agree.  So, since we are all in agreement, I have a few questions beginning with:

Why the hell do people continue to posit that ABA is the right therapy for EVERYBODY?  Why do governments and insurance companies offer funding (if any) for ABA only?  I have written about how I feel about ABA before (click here to read about that), but this post is not about my problems with ABA and the methods used under this model.  This post is asking rather simple questions:

If our children run from one end of the spectrum to the other and beyond, why are we forced to rely on only one method of therapy?  Surely, you've heard of some of the other therapies/interventions out there with EVIDENCE behind them:

Stanley GreenSpan's Floor Time
Son-Rise
The Hanen Method
The Early Start Denver Model
Pivotal Response and Incidental Teaching (Under the ABA Umbrella, see I am not totally unreasonable)
SCERTS

I am not asking the government to sink money and efforts into a method that hasn't been thoroughly investigated.  I understand the scientific method. I understand that you NEED data before you will back a different model.  I am trying to tell you that these methods have DATA behind them. They have peer-reviewed studies behind them (the kind you need) and they have anecdotal data collected from parents who GET IT (the kind I need).  That should be more than enough evidence for you.  

As we watch our children grow and develop we are panicking because we cannot access or afford the most progressive treatments out there.  Can you imagine how sickening that feels?  

Please treat our children like individuals.  Isn't that the very essence of inclusion in this province?  

Why do you allow agencies, that segregate our children to a building to work on ABA therapy (which is really IBI therapy) for up to 30 hours a week to exist?  Does this not represent everything your inclusion policy is NOT?

Why do our pre-school children with autism NOT FIT INTO YOUR FULL INCLUSION POLICY?

I've been asking these same questions for a year now and I am still waiting for answers.

Anytime now….

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