[monochrom] The Hawthorne Effect: Why parents swear by ineffective treatments for autism

[das ende der nahrungskette]

Autism can present in many ways—hence "autism 
spectrum disorders"—but that range is nothing 
compared with the diverse techhniques that 
parents use in their attempts to cure, 
ameliorate, or disrupt the progress of the 
disease. In the 60-plus years since autism was 
first described, many methods to treat it have 
been proposed—one research paaper identified 111 
recognized treatments or strategies. Studies have 
found that parents try an average of between 4.3 
and seven interventions simultaneously; one 
family reported using 47 different treatments at one time.

<http://www.slate.com/id/2215076/>Link

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