Can Parents of a Child with Autism Refuse Treatment for Him?

Moon, Margaret

doi:10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.11.ccas1-1011

AMA Journal of Ethics

2010

DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.11.ccas1-1011

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Can Parents of a Child with Autism Refuse Treatment for Him?

Margaret Moon

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The persistence of fad interventions in the face of negative scientific evidence: Facilitated communication for autism as a case example

Lilienfeld

Marshall

Todd

et al. 2014

Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

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The persistence of fad interventions in the face of negative scientific evidence: Facilitated communication for autism as a case example, Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 8:2, 62-101, AbstractCommunication disorder and mental health professionals may assume that once novel clinical techniques have been refuted by research, they will be promptly abandoned. Using facilitated communication (FC) for autism as a recent case example, we provide evidence to the contrary. Although FC was scientifically discredited by the mid-to-late 1990s, data we review demonstrate that it is still frequently administered in clinical and educational settings. We examine evidence for FC's (a) continued use as an intervention for autism, (b) persistence in academic and institutional settings, (c) popularity in online and print sources, (d) promotion in the media, and (e) ongoing risk to caregivers accused of sexual abuse. We analyze the sources of these troubling developments, explore their ethical implications, and offer recommendations for addressing the spread of FC and other fad interventions.

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The persistence of fad interventions in the face of negative scientific evidence: Facilitated communication for autism as a case example

Lilienfeld

Marshall

Todd

et al. 2014

Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

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Can Parents of a Child with Autism Refuse Treatment for Him?

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