Behavior analyst and certified sexuality counselor Nicholas Maio-Aether joins the Cooperant Learning podcast episode number 2 to discuss the topic of sexual autonomy, behavior analysis and working with adult populations. In this episode Nicholas leads us in discussing everything from the history of sexuality and ABA (the good, the bad and the ugly), teaching consent and education and advocacy/recipient rights.

Sparks Behavioral Services: sparksbehavioralservices.com

Cooperant Learning: cooperantlearning.com

Links and further reading:

Strang et al. "They Thought It Was an Obsession": Trajectories and Perspectives of Autistic Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30140984/

George R, Stokes MA. Gender identity and sexual orientation in autism spectrum disorder. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28914080/

Empowered: A Center for Sexuality, LLC: https://www.empoweredcenter.com