Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn is a New York-based writer who specializes in science, health and medicine. She is the author of The Death of Cancer and The Empty Room. She lives in New York City, with her husband, the writer Paul Raeburn, and two sons.

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Spectrum

By Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

10 August 2016

20 min read

The controversy over autism’s most common therapy

Applied behavioral analysis is the most widely used therapy for autism, but some people say its drills and routines are cruel, and its aims misguided.

Spectrum

The controversy over autism’s most common therapy

By Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

10 August 2016 | 20 min read

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