She got this crazy idea from a mutual friend who has an autistic daughter. The therapist uses ABA techniques to get the little girl to respond. When she speaks, she gets special treats: food, bubbles, tickles whatever. So she was doing her own training at home with her kid. We stopped being friends after that. It was too weird to get grilled every time DS would do something hew and she wanted to know how I made him do it.
Now... that was a few years ago. I've heard now that she has moved the poor kid 3x in Kindergarten because she can't find a teacher that treats her with proper respect.
