Facilitated Communication: Why Do Debunked Autism Treatment Fads Persist?
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 17:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Parents of kids with severe autism are willing to try anything - unfortunately, a lot of people who claim to be experts in psychology and communication disorders don't understand science and may continue to try things long after they have been debunked. Hope and desperation among parents, along with cluelessness among people trying to help, make the autism community especially vulnerable to interventions and "therapies" that have been thoroughly discredited. Yet they persist. read more