Mickey Keenan1 & Karola Dillenburger2
School of Psychology, Ulster University, N. Ireland
Centre for Behaviour Analysis, Queen’s University Belfast, N. Ireland
Abstract
Children diagnosed with autism have the right to access evidence-based practices that are necessary for their education and welfare. Oftentimes, parents of these children are not satisfied with the education provided by the State and they challenge education or health authorities in tribunals. Usually, these tribunal hearings revolve around the inclusion/exclusion of the science called Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) in directing evidence-based practice. Given that the number of these tribunals is rising, this paper addresses why it is important for judges and lawyers to be informed correctly about (1) the natur...
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