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Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an autistic person and an autism researcher.^[1]^[2] She has written a paper^[3] challenging the ethical and scientific foundations of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)-based autism interventions. She also challenged the medical necessity of ABA for autistics in the Supreme Court of Canada in Auton v. British Columbia, 3 S.C.R. 657.^[4] Dawson's work has generated considerable controversy.

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^ Woodford, Gillian. "Rebels debunk autism weird science: Scientific mavericks rethink their 'neurocentric' attitudes about diagnosis and treatment", National Review of Medicine, May 15, 2006, Volume 3, No. 9. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
^ Bower, Bruce (July 7, 2007, Vol. 172, No. 1, p. 4). Hidden Smarts: Abstract thought trumps IQ scores in autism. Science News Online. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
^ Dawson, Michelle (2004-01-18). The Misbehaviour of Behaviourists. No Autistics Allowed.
^ Michelle Dawson on Autism in Society, Law and Science. Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.