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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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12-10-2022 | Original Paper

Autism Spectrum Disorder: When There is no Cure, There are Countless of Treatments

Auteurs: Dincer Saral, Seray Olcay, Halil Ozturk

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 12/2023

Abstract

We investigated parent reports of use of special education and support services, use of evidence-based practices (EBPs), use of past and current complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments, non-use of CAM treatments, willingness, and unwillingness to use CAM treatments, reasons for use and non-use of CAM treatments, and perceptions of EBPs and CAM treatments in their children’s functioning. We collected data from a total of 166 parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through a web-based survey. 94% of the parents reported lifetime use of at least one CAM treatment. Parents weighed on a wide variety of factors in decision-making. CAM treatments use was positively associated with parental educational level, length of time since ASD diagnosis, and child’s ASD severity.

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Titel: Autism Spectrum Disorder: When There is no Cure, There are Countless of Treatments
Auteurs: Dincer Saral
Seray Olcay
Halil Ozturk
Publicatiedatum: 12-10-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 12/2023
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05745-2

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