Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersAutism was once thought of as a rare condition, until the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network released the statistic that about 1 in every 150 eight year old children in various areas across the United States is afflicted by an autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. This news led to a dramatic expansion of research into autism spectrum disorders and to the emergence of applied behavior