ERIC Number: EJ984742
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 15
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Critical Issues in Causation and Treatment of Autism: Why Fads Continue to Flourish
McDonald, Mary E.; Pace, Darra; Blue, Elfreda; Schwartz, Diane
Child & Family Behavior Therapy, v34 n4 p290-304 2012
The increasing incidence of autism and the lack of specific answers regarding causation have given rise to unproven educational interventions and medical treatments. Parents of a newly diagnosed child can easily fall prey to interventions that promise cures. These interventions may be harmful and, thus, pose one of the critical issues in special education today. This article will discuss some of the suspect interventions that have been popularized through the media (i.e., celebrities, journalists, and professional organizations). The authors argue that using the scientific method is clearly the antidote for pseudoscience; the need for accurate research-based decision making is apparent. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Etiology, Special Education, Mass Media Effects, Scientific Methodology, Research, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Misconceptions, Risk, Influences, Biomedicine, Animals, Therapy, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Outcomes of Treatment
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Language: English
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