Media Watch Letters

ASAT Responds to Texas Observer’s “Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism Treatments”

Source   Dear Mr. Hannaford: Thank you for taking the time to weigh the evidence! In your article, “Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits behind Alternative Autism Treatments” (January 30, 2013), you consider information gathered from various primary sources on all sorts of treatments, acknowledge that autism treatments have become a…

ASAT Responds to Perryvillenews.com’s “Autistic Child Finds Comfort from Non-Traditional Therapy”

Source   Dear Ms. Keefe: With great interest, we read your article entitled, “Autistic Child Finds Comfort from Non-Traditional Therapy” (December 13, 2012), regarding reflexology’s supposed success in treating a child with autism. We appreciate your attention to this topic. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects an entire family as well as the individual, and often…

ASAT Responds to Statesman.com’s “Popular autism treatment might not be effective, study finds”

Source   Thank you, Jordan Gass-Pooré, for your November 18, 2012 piece on sensory integration therapy (SIT). The Association for Science in Autism Treatment’s Media Watch initiative monitors mainstream media to identify published information about autism and autism treatment, and we provide critique where needed, as well as our praise to journalists writing objectively and…