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SUMMARY:Autism Treatments - the good\, the bad and the ugly - Tannice Pend
 egrasss
DTSTART:20130226T190000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew N Holding
DESCRIPTION:Autism is a fascinating subject\, steeped in rumour\, mystery\
 , misconceptions and myths. Tannice firstly aims to take you through diffe
 rent definitions of autism\, cultural representations and the results of h
 er survey\, asking over 700 people about their perceptions of what causes 
 and treats autism (spoiler: we don't know and\, currently\, nothing).\n\n\
 nThe second part of the talk focuses on 'the bad' and 'the ugly'. The part
  most skeptics will probably be most interested in. Tannice will briefly c
 over the MMR scandal\, but this is not the main focus of her 'bad' or 'ugl
 y' section: the subject that Tannice reserves the most ire for is the toxi
 c and sometimes downright dangerous treatments many children must endure. 
 Asking the question 'what's the harm?' has never been more important.\n\nT
 he third part of the talk is for 'the good' - it focuses on ABA or Applied
  Behavioural Analysis\; the gold standard in Autism treatment. Through a w
 hirlwind journey (to fit in the format of a SitP talk) Tannice will explai
 n what ABA is\, how it's used and the evidence behind it. From Kim Peek (t
 he inspiration for rain man) to Jenny McCarthy (an anti-vaccination campai
 gner)\, this talk will give you a broad overview of Autism\, Autism treatm
 ents and why cultural representations of Autism are usually wrong. You’l
 l also find out why a horse died when he was being treated in a chamber no
 rmally reserved for divers suffering from the bends.\n\n
LOCATION:The Maypole
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