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Media Watch Letters
Source Dear Ms. Hjalmarson: Thank you sharing this important story with your readers. We applaud the Highlands Center for Autism for making such a commitment to these precious children and for relying on objective data to guide efforts to help them realize their fullest potential. Of the dozens of treatments for autism, applied behavior analysis…
Source Dear Ms. Kelland: The Lancet can retract the 1998 article authored by Dr. Wakefield. Unfortunately, what cannot be retracted is the impact this article has had on promulgating misinformation about the cause of autism, increasing the number of unvaccinated children, and creating a media frenzy that allowed celebrities to be accepted as experts…
Source December 7, 2009 Dear Mr. Alexander: On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (www.asatonline.org), we are writing to you about your article entitled, “Dark Shadows Loom Over ‘Facilitated’ Talk” (December 2, 2009). This piece described a gut-wrenching experience faced by parents of an individual with autism who, through facilitated communication, falsely…
Source Dear Ms. Tsouderos and Ms. Callahan: On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), we would like to commend you for your recent article entitled, “Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies” (November 23, 2009). Parents of children with autism are bombarded with treatment options, often to the point…
Source Dear Ms. Falco, On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, I am writing about the article, “Study: Early Autism Intervention is Effective” (November 30, 2009). I am pleased that CNN is spotlighting research that examines the effectiveness of treatment for autism. With so many unexamined treatments available for children with autism, it…
Source Dear Ms. Darula: On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), we are writing to you in regard to your article, “Discover Autism – A Wide Range of Therapy Programs” (August 31, 2009). While we appreciate your efforts to raise awareness of treatment of the disorder, the article contains misleading…
Source Dear Editor: On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (www.asatonline.org), we would like to commend Ms. Roni Caryn Rabin for her recent article entitled “Regimens: Restrictive Diets May Not Be Appropriate for Children With Autism” (July 27, 2009). Parents of children with autism are bombarded with treatment options, often to…
Source July 28, 2009 Dear Editor: On behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (www.asatonline.org), we are writing to you in connection with your Health Watch story on Rethink Autism that aired on 7-23-09. In particular, we wanted to commend the piece for highlighting that applied behavior analysis (ABA) is considered a…
Source March 5, 2009 Dear Ms. Lafsy: I am writing to you on behalf of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) in response to your March 4th article entitled, “Can a DVD Teach Kids with Autism to Understand Emotions?”. While I am grateful for the attention paid to autism and the focus…
Source I would like to commend you on the article entitled “Family Transformed After Autism Intervention.” As a board member of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (www.asatonline.org), it is refreshing to read an article about how a scientifically validated intervention has changed the life of a child with autism and her family.…
Source Letters to the Editor New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Dear Editor: Jane Brody’s “Trying Anything and Everything for Autism” accurately described behavioral intervention as an effective autism treatment while outlining a family’s struggle with repeated attempts at dangerous and unproven “bio-medical” interventions to address their child’s autism. We…