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Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies
This section contains an alphabetic list of interventions, and some specific techniques, designed to help autistic people.
You may be able to find more information, including links to other parts of this website, by clicking on the title of an intervention.
If you know of any other items we should include in this section, please email info@informationautism.org.
Please note that we reserve the right not to include an item if we feel that it is not appropriate.
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| Glossary Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Douglas Developmental Disabilities Center Program | The Douglas Developmental Disabilities Center Program is a form of early intensive behavioural intervention, delivered by the Douglas Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University, New Jersey. |
| Downing Technique | The Downing technique is a form of lightwave stimulation in which an individual looks at coloured light produced by a special machine called a lumatron or a photron light stimulator. |
| Dramatherapy | Dramatherapy is a creative intervention which uses drama and other performance arts to help individuals bring about psychological, emotional and social changes. |
| Driving Simulator | A driving simulator is a device that enables the operator to reproduce the experience of driving a motor vehicle. |
| Drug | Drug is another term for medication, that is, any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease. |
| DTI | DTI is an acronym for discrete trial instruction, another term for discrete trial training. |
| DTT | DTT is an acronym for discrete trial training, a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or trials. |
| Duetact | Duetact is a brand name for pioglitazone, a drug which is used with a diet and exercise programme and sometimes with other drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. |
| DVD Instruction or Modelling | DVD instruction or modelling is another name for video modelling. |
| Dydadic Support Environment | Dydadic support environment is another term for holding therapy, an intervention which consists of forced holding by a therapist or parent until the child stops resisting or until a fixed time period has elapsed. |
| Dynacin | Dynacin is a brand name of minocycline, a type of tetracycline antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections. |
| Dyslexia Dyspraxia Attention Treatment | Another name for the DORE method, an intervention which consists of a series of physical exercises which are designed to stimulate the brain so that it speeds up the processing of information. |
Disclaimer
The fact that an intervention or technique is listed here does not necessarily mean that we support its use. Nor does it mean that there is any scientifically valid or reliable evidence behind it.
You can find details of the interventions we have already ranked in Our Evaluations of Autism Interventions, Treatments and Therapies.
- Updated
- 16 Jun 2022