ABA is a very helpful therapy. If you can get it for your son you should. It has helped my son become more verbal. It's tailored to each kid.

My granddaughter sticks her fingers in her ears when she encounters loud noises. Some kids are over-sensitive to certain noises and hear them many times amplified. It's not something she learned in school, although she has mimicked noises some of her peers make.

My daughter started ABA therapy at age 3. She could speak but only in echolalia. ABA helped tremendously! She did receive speech therapy as well, but ABA therapy helped her understand how to communicate with her words. She is 5 now and in gen ed school with an IEP. Its my personal opinion that she would not have progressed without ABA, so if this therapy was recommended for your child it is worth pursuing.

Well thank you because I was confused and I do t want to take anything away from him I just want to help my son . They really didn't give mensch info after my son was diagnosed

Thank you! I just hear autistic teens who I have met say that ABA is not good because the things they due such as flapping hands or rocking is a soothing thing and you shouldn't break a child from self soothing .