Richard Mills, honorary secretary of the Autism Intervention Research Trust, said one of the few effective approaches supported by evidence was that children did better in structured settings.
Yet local authorities usually placed children in mainstream schools, where they were often unable to cope, especially at secondary level.
Mills, also director of research at the National Autistic Society, which is supporting the trust with administrative services, said it would provide impartial information to parents who were bombarded with different treatments.
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