What were some of the past treatments of Autism?

Question

Treatments for Autism from before 1990.

Answer 1

Before the 80's it was:

"Your son is severly retarded. It is probably the mother's fault. It is best for everyone if we put him an institution right away."

Answer 2

some of the treatments in institutions which was where most people with autism ended up (im talking as little as 50 years ago) included electric shoch treatment and cage suspension which involves someone being put into a cage that is suspended from the celing and leaving them there for some time. there was also a drug which was frequently used i cant recall the name but it had to be given from a glass syringe because it was so potent that it would have melted anything else! on older patients now in care homes you can sometimes see a dimple above the buttox where this was adminestered and caused the skin to disolve. in the 1990's we were breaking out into repetitive training and similar things like using pictures to comunicate there were also lots of other 'treatments' which were thought to cure autism.

Answer 3

treatments such as oxygen therapy, chelation and a wheat- and dairy-free diet
Secretin Therapy
Transdermal Secretin
Oral Secretrin Study
Nutritional Therapies and Autism
•Vitamin B-12
•Intramuscular or Intravenous Magnesium
•Gluten and Casein Free Diets
•Pancreatic Enzymes
•Super Nu Thera
•Omega-3 Fatty Acids
•Calcium
•Aloe Vera
•Flower of Sulphur
•Efalex Oil or DHA Oil
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
Live Cell and Stem Cell Therapy
•Live Cell Therapy
•Oral Organ Extracts
•Lyophilisate Whole Cells
•Stem Cell Therapy
Anti-fungal Treatment

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Answer 4

Applied Behaviral Annalyisis (ABA) was and is still the primary treatment. Ivar Lovaas's studies came out in the 70's...FYI.

Answer 5

i think the lovas method of repeititve training was before 1900

Answer 6

Were using the gfcf diet..check it out