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Media Watch Letters
Source To the Editors of the New York Times: In “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company, Filings Show,” Matthew Goldstein, Steve Eder, and Sheri Fink report that the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, plans to keep her shares in a company, NeuroCore. This company offers an intervention called neurotherapy…
Source Dear Ms. Sawy, We would like to thank you for your educational and inspiring article titled, “Dubai mother campaigned for special needs centre guaranteeing a place for everyone.” Your article is not only motivating, but also very informative. You expose your readers to the challenges associated with the accessibility of autism-based treatment/education at…
Source Dear The Indian Express, We at the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) are writing in response to your article highlighting some recent research – using Shakespeare’s plays (via the Hunter Heartbeat Method) to develop communication in children with autism. This is an interesting story and we agree that the plays provide an…
Source Dear Ms. Griswold, You recently published an article titled “Exercise gives children with autism jump on social skills.” We want to thank you for highlighting the importance of exercise for all children, particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this article, there is a clear distinction made between exercise and applied behavior…
Source Dear Ms. Roberts and Ms. McAfee, On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), we are writing in response to your article, “‘Life Animated’ Parents Describe How Animated Characters Helped Son with Autism Connect.” We value the encouraging message this story evokes, as well as the focus on individualizing and…
Source Dear Ms. Geranpayeh, On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), we would like to commend you for your article, “Reality of living with autism in UAE.” By responding to your article, we hope to further disseminate the information you shared and to promote awareness of autism-related issues across the…
Source Dear Ms. Macdonald, We are writing in response to your article, “Autism cage details emerge as United Nations investigates abuse of children.” Firstly, we would like to thank you for raising awareness of a very important issue facing families in Australia, which is the education and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders…
Source Dear Mr. Preidt, First, we would like to thank you for highlighting the importance of early detection and intervention for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in your HealthDay article, “Timing of Autism Diagnosis Tied to Choice of Treatment.” Timing of diagnosis may be one of the most important yet overlooked topics concerning the assessment…
Source Dear Mr. Gould, We are writing in response to an article that was published about the use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) on August 11, 2016 on theatlantic.com. With the growth of the number of individuals being diagnosed with ASD, this article discusses an extremely important…
Source Dear Mr. Elliott, We want to thank you for writing this article and highlighting a very controversial topic among the autism community – facilitated communication (FC). As part of our mission statement, we at The Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) promote safe, science-based treatments for people with autism through the dissemination…
Source Dear The Hans India, We are writing in response to your article, “Stem cell therapy breathes life into 12 year old autistic girl” (June 8, 2016), and would like to sincerely thank you for bringing our attention towards the use of stem cell therapy to alleviate some of the symptoms of autism. It…