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Its "highest rated" autism treatment was chelation therapy, which involves removing heavy metals from the body. [7] Its chelation treatment was not supported by mainstream doctors. [8] Doctors told the Chicago Tribune the treatments were dangerous and that misleading tests were used to show that those with autism had a high rate of heavy metals ...
In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics criticized one of Geier's studies, which claimed a link between vaccines and autism, as containing "numerous conceptual and scientific flaws, omissions of fact, inaccuracies, and misstatements." [7] In January 2007, a paper by the Geiers was retracted by the journal Autoimmunity Reviews. [3]
Rimland founded and directed two advocacy groups: the Autism Society of America (ASA) and the Autism Research Institute. [1] He promoted several since disproven theories about the causes and treatment of autism, including vaccine denial, facilitated communication, chelation therapy, and false claims of a link between secretin and autism.
A viral Facebook post about a supposedly missing child is a scam. It turned up on July 15, 2024 claiming the child is from Mishawaka, but similar posts claim he's from cities all over the United ...
The Indiana agency overseeing Medicaid said the therapy is the only major service category that did not have a uniform reimbursement rate, and the rising cost of the services was unsustainable.
The schools involved are the Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy. The virtual schools closed in 2019. ... allege $44M Indiana charter school scam. The Tribune-Star, Terre ...
Whether autism has mainly a genetic or developmental cause, and the degree of coincidence between autism and intellectual disability, are all matters of current scientific controversy as well as inquiry. There is also more sociopolitical debate as to whether autism should be considered a disability on its own. [1]
A 2006 study found that the Son-Rise Program is not always implemented as it is typically described in the literature, which suggests it will be difficult to evaluate its efficacy. [5] In 2009, United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority sanctioned the Option Institute for a misleading ad claiming Son-Rise as an autism cure.