Discrimination against people with disabilities takes many forms–and it’s not always intentional. Autism researchers often use ableist language, according to a recent analysis published in Autism and Adulthood.1 The first estimate of the ...
Last year, we completed a project to determine whether psychoeducational therapies for young autistic children are effective. Initially, we were excited: We had been able to track down 150 studies completed over ...
Advocates of early autism interventions often claim such approaches are "evidence based," whereas critics have long pointed out individual flaws in cited studies. We were glad to learn about Dr. Kristen ...
Few of the most popular early treatments for autism are supported by strong evidence, a systematic review suggests; even treatments with relatively strong evidence did not meet the review’s high ...
Last week I had two different people say to me that they have never heard the word “ableism” before. If this is you don’t feel bad, this is actually fairly ...