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Source Dear Ms. Miller, We at the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) would like to commend you for your article, “Workers with Autism Recognised for Unique Skill Set, ANZ Recruiting Nine New Employees.” You state that, in Australia, currently only about 40% of adults with autism are engaged in employment. It is…
Source Dear Ms. Kirsch, This letter is being shared in response to your article, “Should We Screen All 2-Year Olds for Autism?” Commendably, you shared important information with your readers about the value of early detection and early intervention. You correctly state that the sooner autism is identified, the sooner children can access early…
Source Dear Ms. Jewett, We are writing in response to your recent article, “Nowhere to go: Young people with severe autism languish weeks or longer in hospitals.” We would like to commend you for highlighting an important issue, which is the extreme difficulties people with autism and their families encounter in crisis situations. Your…
Erin Leif, PhD, BCBA-D Allison Parker, MA, BCBA Externs, Association for Science in Autism Treatment The B.F. Skinner Foundation is dedicated to preserving and sharing the works of one of the most influential behavioral scientists and scholars of the 20th century – B.F. Skinner! The Foundation provides valuable resources to current and future students of…
Source Dear Mr. Walker, We are writing in response to your recent article, “Report sparks concern about how schools support students with disabilities.” We would like to thank you for raising awareness about an important issue facing Australian families and educators, which is the education and treatment of children with disabilities, including autism spectrum…
Source Dear Ms. Burgess, We are writing in response to your article, “Mother ‘distressed’ by mental health services proposal to send autistic son to detention centre.” 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 and…
Source Dear Ms. Coorey, We are writing in response to your thoughtful article, “Mum Julia Coorey on surviving an autism diagnosis and importance of early diagnosis.” Your article is not only a moving personal story of your journey through an autism diagnosis, but an educational article for other families of newly diagnosed children. In…
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 Ms. Singh, We are writing in response to your article, “Adjunctive therapies providing positive results for autism and other conditions.” In the article, you describe the experience of the Dalton family, who enrolled their son Jaron in a circus arts program for children with autism. The Dalton family noticed improvements in Jaron’s…
David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D and Erin Leif, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment ASAT is a science-based organization, and part of our mission is to educate the public about effective autism treatment and to improve the accuracy with which autism and its treatment are portrayed in the media. We do the latter by…
Updated by Frank Cicero, PhD, BCBA and Erin Leif, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is a commercially available, standardized, naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention designed for the treatment of young children (aged 12-48 months) with or at risk for an autism spectrum diagnosis (ASD). The ESDM…