In a game I was recently playing, the chat lobby had someone that claimed to be a "BT," or "Behavioral Tech." He said that he loved his job because he saw working with autistic kids like "programming robots" then clarified "prompting AI."
I was disgusted enough that I said it'd be great if someone took a screenshot and sent it to their boss. The "BT" then said "lol my boss could (sic) care less, he hates the (I don't want to repeat the slur here so I won't) anyway." 
I don't know what else to say but I feel horrible for the kids that are being seen as treat printers or robots to be programmed. 
Generally techs at any kind of mental health facility are the lowest tier of worker. They hire just about anyone with a clean background to fill these jobs I've known from experience being in various psych hospitals and rehabs. It's very rare you find one that actually advocates for their patients so I'm not surprised. What's surprising is that the boss is even worse. Call me a lib, but I would have expected them to have a bit more empathy given their rank.
It's possible the tech was lying, but the utter lack of concern or fear of possibly losing their job if someone did a little detective work made me believe otherwise.
I wonder if it's a chicken egg scenario: does someone burnt out get hired for this job because they take anyone or does one get burnt out by the job while doing it to end up with that kind of mindset?
He claimed he loved his job because he enjoyed dehumanizing kids that he worked with.
but why?
Probably idealistic of me to think that someone who stuck with the job long enough would.