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1. Introduction
2. What are alternative and controversial treatments?
3. Controversial treatments: some facts
4. Factors contributing to rise of alternat. treatments
5. Popular controversial and alternative treatments
6. Sensory-motor therapies
7. ASD - sensory and motor abnormalities
8. Facilitated communication
9. Sensory integration therapy: theory & intervention
10. Sensory integration therapy: examples
11. Sensory integration therapy: conclusions
12. Sensory diets
13. Auditory integration therapy: theory & intervention
14. Auditory integration therapy: example
15. Auditory integration therapy: conclusions
16. Well-designed studies
17. Bonding therapies - theory & intervention
18. Bonding therapies - example
19. Bonding therapies - conclusions
20. Complementary and alternative medicine
21. Diets
22. Nutritional supplements
23. Herbs, naturopathic, homeopathic medication (1)
24. Secretin
25. Herbs, naturopathic, homeopathic medication (2)
26. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
27. Chelation
28. Immunizations and nonvaccination
29. Nonvaccination - conclusions
30. Implications
31. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Alternative and controversial treatments
• Prevalence in autism community
• Research evidence
• Sensory-motor therapies
• Bonding therapies
• Complementary and alternative medicine such as diets, nutritional supplements, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, chelation, and withholding of vaccines

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Series:

• Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on February 23, 2010
• Archived on September 29, 2021

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Tristram Smith has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.