Parents of autistic children face a bewildering array of treatments that are claimed to work. Yet according to a charity launched last week, local authorities are failing to use one of the few methods that is backed up by solid evidence (News, 30 June-6 July).
Richard Mills, honorary secretary of the Autism Intervention Research Trust, says that despite evidence that validates structured teaching dating back 30 years, many children are still being "left to sink" in the wrong educational settings.
Structured teaching helps autistic children develop socially as well as academically by playing to their strengths. "They like things to be concrete and generally learn in the visual domain, without a lot of language," he says.
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