Resumen de Desperate for an autism cure.
The article discusses the reliance on risky alternative therapies by parents of autistic children as valid treatments become rarer. According to the author, the percentage of autistic children in the U.S. that are receiving alternative treatments is high. She argues that many of the non-conventional therapies are bogus and that some practitioners are prescribing drugs that have never been tested for safety or efficacy in the treatment of autism. Topics include how increased public awareness and the demand by parents for proven treatments have resulted in increased research funding for autism. Also discussed is the discovery of genetic variations in autistic children which could reveal a cause, but has not yielded related therapies. INSETS: Dubious Therapies;Broader Definition, More Cases.
