Here on this treatment Guidelines section, you will see guidelines on how to use ASAT

Making Sense of Autism Treatments: Weighing the Evidence from the Association for science in Autism treatment (Asat)

Before evaluating any content found on the ASAT website, please read this article by Sense About Science. Sense About Science has produced a guide to help people to query the status of science and research reported in the media. 

The guide details how peer reviewed articles like the ones we offer below are checked and published.

Choosing among the multitude of treatments for autism can be a confusing and overwhelming undertaking. 

The following articles may assist and guide you in making important decision such as selecting treatments or treatment providers.

• ASAT Supports Proven Treatments and Informed Choice

• A non-exhaustive list of current position statements related to autism treatment

• Pseudoscientific therapies: Some warning signs.

• What is Evidence-Based Practice and Why Should We Care?

• Science, Pseudoscience and Antiscience

• What Caused That?

• Does the MMR Vaccine Cause Autism?

• Smart People Believe Weird Things

On the next two pages you will see a list of  Autism treatments such as Psychological, Educational, Therapeutic Interventions and Biomedical Interventions in alphabetical order from the Association for science in Autism treatment (Asat)  and you can click on the hyperlinks to see if a treatment is evidence-based or not; and you will be also able to see if any of the treatments are detrimental to your health or well-being, so that you can determine what treatments are right for you or someone you know.