Alphabetic List of Autism Interventions, Treatments and Therapies
This section contains an alphabetic list of interventions, and some specific techniques, designed to help people with autism spectrum disorders.
You may be able to find more information, including links to other parts of this website, by clicking on the title of an intervention.
If you know of an intervention which is not listed here please email info@researchautism.net.
Please note that we reserve the right to not include information about an intervention if we do not consider it appropriate.
Disclaimer
The fact that an intervention or technique is listed here does not necessarily mean that we support its use. Nor does it mean that there is any scientifically valid or reliable evidence behind it.
Over time we hope to evaluate each of the interventions and techniques in this section, providing a ranking which tells you the level of scientific evidence which supports or does not support its use. You can find details of the interventions we have already ranked in the list of Evaluated interventions
- Intervention Name
- Description
- Double Helix Water
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A solution of stable water clusters with a double helix configuration believed by some people to provide healing properties.
- Douglas Developmental Disabilities Center Program
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A form of Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention, delivered by the Douglas Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
- Downing Technique
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A form of lightwave stimulation in which an individual looks at coloured light produced by a special machine called a Lumatron or a Photron Light Stimulator.
- Drama Therapy
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Intervention which uses drama and other performance arts to help individuals bring about psychological, emotional and social changes.
- Drug
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Another term for medication i.e. any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.
- DTI
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Acronym for Discrete Trial Instruction, another term for Discrete Trial Training. This is a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or ‘trials’.
- DTT
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Acronym for discrete trail training, a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or ‘trials’.
- Duetact®
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A brand name for Pioglitazone, a drug which is used with a diet and exercise programme and sometimes with other drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.
- DVD Instruction or Modelling
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Another name for video modeling. This is a method of teaching in which an individual learns a behaviour or a skill by watching a video recording of someone – the model – demonstrating that behaviour or skill.
- Dydadic Support Environment
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Another term for holding therapy, an intervention which consists of forced holding by a therapist or parent until the child stops resisting or until a fixed time period has elapsed
- Dynacin®
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A brand name of Minocycline, a type of tetracycline antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections.
- Dyslexia Dyspraxia Attention Treatment
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Another name for the DORE method, an intervention which consists of a series of physical exercises which are designed to stimulate the brain so that it speeds up the processing of information.
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Last Updated : 03/02/2012
