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I’m heading to the annual Women in Behavior Analysis (WIBA) conference in just a few weeks. I was fortunate enough to receive one of the scholarships to the conference, meaning WIBA paid for my hotel and registration. As a disabled behavior analyst, here is how I’m preparing for the conference. The last conference I went to was ABAI in San Francisco. I had a wonderful time with friends, but I also had a difficult time pain-wise. For at least 2 of the 5 days I was there, I ha

Forward Found was created by two women with a passionate dream to help aspiring and new BCBAs. We filed our LLC, opened a bank account, and created a website. What neither of us saw coming was my disability. When my debilitating back pain started in December, I chalked it up to an old whiplash injury and waited out the pain. When my knee started hurting in January, I thought it was weird. When my hand randomly dislocated, I knew something was wrong. I went to my doctor with

We Just Don’t Know How to Describe Them One of the most common concerns we hear from behavior analysts exploring new career paths is: “I don’t think my experience applies outside of clinical work.” In reality, many behavior analysts already have highly transferable skills. The problem is usually not a lack of experience. The problem is translation. Clinical language is often deeply tied to the environments where people were trained. So even when someone has experience with: l