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  • From Conversion to Compliance: ABA, Conversion Therapy, and the Harm of Normalization

From Conversion to Compliance: ABA, Conversion Therapy, and the Harm of Normalization

Date & Time

Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Category

Disability Awareness Month at Rutgers

Location

Virtual Event

Information

Sponsored by Rutgers Newark Department of Urban Education and Disability Studies Program, Rutgers Newark Women’s and Gender Studies, Sheila Y. Oliver Center



 

Register for this Event

This talk traces the historical connections between applied behavior analysis (ABA) and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy and examines the ideas about normalcy, behavior, and human difference that helped shape both. Drawing on a disability justice framework, it considers what this history can teach us about affirming care, autonomy, professional power, and policies that reject coercive normalization.

Free and open to the public. Register online.

Accessibility features:

  • Captioning provided
  • ASL interpreter provided
    If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Lauren Shallish at (973) 353-3533 or email Lauren.Shallish@rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.