The Neurodiversity Movement, Part 2 with Brian Middleton | TBT

2025-05-29

Discover what’s possible when you acknowledge your mistakes. Brian Middleton is an Autistic Self-Advocate, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and the creator of the Bearded Behaviorist, an initiative dedicated to the dissemination of behavior science and the inclusion of trauma-informed care standards in applied behavior analysis and other human services. In this episode, we talk about: Receiving an autism diagnosis as an adult Why Brian thinks autism can be seen as both a disorder and a neu...

Discover what’s possible when you acknowledge your mistakes.

Brian Middleton is an Autistic Self-Advocate, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and the creator of the Bearded Behaviorist, an initiative dedicated to the dissemination of behavior science and the inclusion of trauma-informed care standards in applied behavior analysis and other human services.

In this episode, we talk about:

Receiving an autism diagnosis as an adult
Why Brian thinks autism can be seen as both a disorder and a neurotype
The disagreement between the neurodiversity movement and the field of ABA
Why stimming and self regulation are important
The need for trauma-informed care in behavior analysis
Striving for a more compassionate approach to supporting autistic individuals

This episode is part two of our conversation with Brian Middleton, which was originally released on October 22, 2020.

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