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2024-12-17 03:05:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 18652B3905E790909176642AC4A68E295B834A2B6ADE748325761AC0F0EFC00F
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The Therapy in question is ABA Therapy¹. Claims it's the 'gold standard of autism treatment" is heavily disputed by the autistic community. Citing it as ineffective and potentially harmful. ² ³ A U.S. Department of Defense study found ABA to be ineffective.⁴ 1 https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid#:~:text=that%20the%20therapy%2C%20called%20applied%20behavior%20analysis%2C%20is%20the%20%E2%80%9Cevidence%2Dbased%20gold%20standard%20treatment%20for%20those%20with%20medically%20necessary%20needs.%E2%80%9D 2 https://www.the74million.org/article/americas-most-popular-autism-therapy-may-not-work-and-may-seriously-harm-patients-mental-health/ 3 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9114057/ 4 https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Annual-Report-on-Autism-Care-Demonstration-Program-for-FY-2020.pdf
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