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    Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people...
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  • Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication...
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  • provide insights about the pathophysiology of autism and pave the way to new autism therapies. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is referred to as syndromic...
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  • variety of therapies depending on the child's needs and practitioner's preferences, usually a mix composed in majority of promising therapies and a few...
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    Classic autism, also known as childhood autism, autistic disorder, (early) infantile autism, infantile psychosis, Kanner's autism, Kanner's syndrome,...
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    people to socialize on their terms. The movement looks to foster autism-oriented therapies and services to emphasize coping skills for challenging situations...
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  • promoted alternative theories and therapies, and advocated for people with autism. In 2005, Autism Speaks merged with the Autism Coalition for Research and Education...
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    aspects of autism or sociology of autism come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects...
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  • The history of autism spans over a century; autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of...
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  • art therapy Auger therapy aurotherapy autism therapies autologous immune enhancement therapy balneotherapy bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (some...
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    Equine-assisted therapy is one of the few animal-assisted therapies regularly studied for its effectiveness, and the most popular of all autism therapies. For a...
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    "Craniosacral Therapy: Does it Work?". www.PainScience.com. 2 July 2021. Pavone L, Ruggieri M (2005). "Chapter 9: The Problem of Alternative Therapies in Autism"....
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    special interests if they are particularly unusual, specific, or niche. Autism rights advocates and psychologists say this binary of acceptable "passions"...
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  • cultural aspects of autism – come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects how we define...
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  • differences relationship-based (DIR®)- creative arts therapies program for children with autism". The Arts in Psychotherapy. 73: 101752. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, which has led to various controversies about both the cause of autism and the nature of...
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    Asperger syndrome (category Autism)
    against behavioral therapies, like Applied behavior analysis (ABA) and Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), often as part of the autism rights movement,...
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  • Gluten-free, casein-free diet (category Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities)
    which use casein to provide texture. Autism therapies Gluten-related disorders List of alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities...
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    the efficacy of equine-assisted therapies for mental health treatment, concerns have been raised that these therapies should not replace or divert resources...
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    (2007). "Complementary and alternative medical therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism". Pediatric Clinics of North America. 54 (6):...
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    Callahan, Patricia (23 November 2009). "Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies". Chicago Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August...
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    the role of these therapies with the context of a neurodiversity framework. The neurodiversity paradigm is controversial in autism advocacy. The dominant...
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    Sensory processing disorder (category Autism)
    Mozingo D (2015). "Sensory integration therapy.". In Foxx RM, Mulick JA (eds.). Controversial therapies for autism and intellectual disabilities: Fad, fashion...
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  • Expression) therapy is a pseudoscientific practice used by naturopaths (particularly homeopaths) who claim that it can treat or even cure people with autism, claims...
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    generalize across the autism spectrum. Masking may conceal the person's need for support. It can complicate a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
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  • Trine; Callahan, Patricia (November 22, 2009). "Risky alternative therapies for autism have little basis in science". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August...
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  • The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) is a questionnaire published in 2001 by Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge...
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  • The diagnosis of autism is based on a person's reported and directly observed behavior. There are no known biomarkers for autism spectrum conditions that...
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    animal-assisted therapy, with the most common types being canine-assisted therapy and equine-assisted therapy. Use of these animals in therapies has shown positives...
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    Stimming (category Autism)
    Interpretations of Therapies Aimed at 'Fixing' Their Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours in Childhood" (PDF). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders...
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