Pour les bonnes pratiques dans la prise en charge de l'autisme

Applied behavior analysis is the only evidence-based, empirically validated method of treatment and rehabilitation for persons with autism spectrum disorders, pervasive developmental disabilities and mental retardation. Verbally-mediated approaches---such as those used by psychoanalytically-oriented therapists, have never been shown in controlled studies to have any value for improving the psychosocial, educational, vocational or social skills and functioning of persons with these disorders. It would be criminal to fail to educate the public and set treatment guidelnes for these disorders with anything other than applied behavior analysis.

Robert Paul Liberman, M.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine
Director, UCLA Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program
Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior