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Many alternative therapies and interventions are available, ranging from elimination diets to chelation therapy. Few are supported by scientific studies. Treatment approaches lack empirical support in quality-of-life contexts, and many programs focus on success measures that lack predictive validity and real-world relevance. Scientific evidence appears to matter less to service providers than program marketing, training availability, and parent requests. Even if they do not help, conservative treatments such as changes in diet are expected to be harmless aside from their bother and cost. Dubious invasive treatments are a much more serious matter: for example, in 2005, botched chelation therapy killed a five-year-old autistic boy
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I totally agree. I practice Yoga, meditation and have had reiki type healing done on me. Also acupuncture works wonders. I'm all for less tablets, many of which are not suitable for aspies.
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I am getting frustrated when people say there children have recovered from autism! People constantly looking for a cure just think alot of these so called cures are a money making ploy or am i being cynical!
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How can you 'recover' from what is a PERVASIVE neurobioligical condition? Just like dyslexics are dyslexic, aspies are aspies, people with brown hair have brown hair, it's in the genes.
Those who think there is a 'cure' are just using wanting to use failed therapies like ABA or dish out needless tablets for profit.
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totally agree.i have noticed alot more websites that are now saying that their sites are working towards treatments for autism which will give many parents false hope.one charity is placing hundreds of thousands of pands into finding a cure. some people diagnosed especially with Asperger syndrome may not want to be cured!
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I agree. Every year the Sonrise is advertised or stories in the national press saying this has cured my son. Moneymaking racket alot of it giving false hope to us parents. I think working together with the school or College. Consistency and clear strategies are key.
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The ones who need 'curing' are those people who keep pushing out medication after medication and therapies that 'correct' behaviour.
Just because someone is born with autism/AS, does that mean they are born 'wrong'?
The agenda behind these treatments is as sinister and questionable as this whole Swine Flu scam.
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