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A survey of people working in ABA-based services in Brazil found very high levels of emotional exhaustion. The findings matter because ABA is a contested approach and staff wellbeing shapes how autistic people are treated, but the study didn’t ask autistic people anything. (AI-written · AI fact-checked.)
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