Abstract
An autism parent disputes the authors' premise that the role of the BCBA is to "transition treatment to parents." Parents cannot simply "take over" all the advanced degrees, thousands of hours of coursework practicum and exams, or depth and breadth of scientific knowledge required to earn a BCBA any more than we can (or should) "take over" our kids' pediatric care or prescribe their meds. Papatola and Lustig's employer, Cigna Behavioral Health, recently made "transition treatment to parents" a criterion of medical necessity for ABA.