*: The word «therapists» (which is the «normal» wording) is here between quotes because, given that autism is not a disease, the personnel or trainers should be called «educators» or «teachers» or something similar.
Here is the audio recording (converted as a video, easier to use) of a questions & answers session in an ABA center in Bishkek (capital of Kyrgyzstan), on 2 february 2016.
This center has a lot of equipments and rooms ; the staff seems good and dedicated, and the children seem to make progresses.
Click on a question, to go there directly.
- 0:00:00 – Beginning
- 0:00:38 – «Can you tell us about yourself ?»
- 0:01:31 – «Did you have problems in your life without knowing that you were Asperger ?»
- 0:09:38 – «In the case of a 9 y.o. boy I am working with, when I ask him something, he will be engaged in something going on in his head during at least 40 seconds before giving an answer…»
- 0:19:40 – «About problems building relationships with other people…»
- 0:22:56 – «Do you depend on these relationships, or actually you don’t need it ?»
- (0:29:28 : Here there is an error :
«If 27 is good, 27 cannot be good» should be
«If 27 is good, 22 cannot be good»
(It is in a description of the bus over-heating problem)) - 0:41:37 – «What about here (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan…), where people are a bit more «rude» or straightforward : is it easier for you, or not ?»
- 0:44:44 – «Do you have a close relationship with someone ?»
- 0:57:11 – (comparison with swimming pool – the barriers – the things which are new)
- 1:08:41 – Autism and coherence / consistency / logic / justice
- 1:28:30 – About motivation and ABA
- 1:34:14 – About imitation
- 1:53:29 – About «trying» : the comparison with the 100 doors