Behaviorism can be effective in shaping outward behavior, and we use it every day. For instance, we ignore people when they do things we don’t like. But remember, autism is not a behavioral disability. It’s a neurodevelopmental diagnosis that is determined based on observable behaviors. The presence or absence of those observable behaviors at any given time do not define whether or not a person is or isn’t autistic. Autism is an integral part of our entire being.
