Business View Magazine May 2023

152 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 GE When people talk about autism being a spectrum disorder, what they mean is that individuals can be affected differently, despite sharing some common traits and triggers. Dr. Stephen Shore, an autistic professor of special education at Adelphi University, famously said, “When you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” In other words, autism is a diverse and often divided continent to navigate; in many ways, it functions as a culture more than a condition, largely due to its innate tendency to affect how autistic individuals behave, understand, and communicate with the world around them. That’s the premise from which Applied Behavior Consultants (ABC), a human services agency specializing in learning disorders and developmental disabilities, begins the process of helping kids with autism, their families, and their communities. The firm delivers programs that operate within the theoretical practices of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and deploy what Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Ms. Brenda Terzich-Garland, calls the R.E.A.L. Model™ (Recreating Environments to Accelerate Learning) of ABA treatment. W Understanding underlying behaviors and effective treatments, Applied Behavior Consultants set the therapeutic example