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Aristotle, Autism, and Applied Behavior Analysis
- Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 22, Number 4, December 2015
- pp. 253-262
- 10.1353/ppp.2015.0052
- Article
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This essay asks and answers the question: Is it possible for children with autism to live a good life, to flourish? The notion of a good life that is used is borrowed from Aristotle. Initially, the answer is no. Left to their own devises, children with autism do not flourish. However, unbeknownst to the public, a significant percentage of children with autism can and do flourish when properly treated with the ‘new’ science of Applied Behavior Analysis.