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Dear Nick Johnstone, We recently had the opportunity to read your insightful article, “Autism: Diagnosis Before Kindergarten Has Therapy Benefits,” and wanted to commend you for highlighting the critical importance of early intervention in autism care. Your thorough exploration of the benefits associated with early diagnosis and intervention for both children and their caregivers is…
Dear Ms. Marshall, Thank you for your recent article discussing the new initiative in Oklahoma to add autism identifiers on state-issued IDs. You are spot on when you indicate that law enforcement officials need tools to identify and communicate with individuals with autism safely and effectively. Given the growing rate of autism in the United…
Dear Ms. Bouranova, Thank you for your article titled Helping Autistic Adults Have Healthy Relationships. The article highlighted the HEARTS course, a creation of Professor Emily Rothman, chair of occupational therapy at the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences at Sargent College. HEARTS offers online classes to autistic adults, providing them with the tools to…
Traducido por Simon Celiberti-Byam y Carolina Arguello, MS, BCBA Association for Science in Autism Treatment El artículo original en inglés se puede encontrar aquí. Recibir un diagnóstico para su hijo puede ser confuso y abrumador para los padres del mundo. Publicamos este artículo traducido para mostrar algunos de nuestros articulos publicados anteriormente que pueden ser útiles…
Dear Mr. Bird, We are writing in response to your recent article published in VT Digger: “A closer look at hyperbaric oxygen therapy”. We were pleased to read about your genuine concern regarding the claims made by another opinion piece, written by Blume (2023), claiming hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be a suitable intervention for…
Dear Mr. Choi, We would like to thank you for your recent article, Yen for routine seeds anxiety in autistic children, highlighting the increased prevalence of anxiety in individuals with autism. Research suggests there is a higher prevalence of anxiety in individuals with autism when compared to the neurotypical population. The study described in your…
Dear Ms. Rohman, We are writing in response to your article, “Northwestern Investigators Develop New Therapy for Autism Subtype.” We commend you for raising awareness about the importance of effective treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and for highlighting new advances in genetic research. We were very interested to learn more about the…
Marcia Questel, MSEd, BCBA, Erin Leif, PhD, BCBA-D, Kaitlyn Evoy, BA, and David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment In an effort to reach a wider audience of professionals, ASAT maintains an active page on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional online networking site! We are excited to join over 500 million LinkedIn…
Donor Wall 2021 In addition to our entire Board of Directors of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, we acknowledge the following donors. Without their support, our important work could not be carried out. For that we are grateful. Sustaining $10,000 Bristol Myers SquibbTM Benefactor $1000-1999 Phyllis Freidt (in honor of Peggy Halliday) Eric…
Dear Ms Murez, We are writing in response to your article, “Intervening in Infancy Might Help Prevent Some Cases of Autism: Study.” We value your efforts to highlight the importance of early intervention, including early parent-led intervention, for infants who are at risk for autism or developmental delay. In your article, you acknowledge that infants…
Dear The Nation Thailand, We are writing in response to your recent story and video, “Therapy dogs offer companionship to children with autism in China.” We appreciate your efforts to provide information to parents of children on the autism spectrum about different therapy approaches they may be considering. We enjoyed learning about the methods used…