Research summaries for autism therapy: placebo

definition of placebo: False drug, often consisting of a sugar pill with no active medicine, used for comparison with drugs being tested in a study. Usually the person taking the placebo is not told that they are only taking a sugar pill.
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Commentary: Achievements and Future Directions for Intervention Research in Communication and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Summarized Sep 25, 2006

This paper provides a description of the strengths and weaknesses of research that supports the use of speech therapy.... Unfortunately, the single subject approach does not control for the childâ??s natural development, placebo effects, or artifacts from the researcher.... Read more...

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