Improving the Lives of Students with Autism by NOT Focusing on their Disability

The Haugland Learning Center (HLC) employs the science of human behavior to enhance educational outcomes. This presentation from the 2017 Michigan Autism Conference emphasizes the importance of professional values and philosophy beyond standard treatment approaches, critiquing the reduction of ABA to mere diagnosis-based methods. It demonstrates how rejecting excuses linked to autism diagnoses can lead to significant improvements in both academic and social skills, supported by data from the implementation of the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction.