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 |
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Tianeptine | Tianeptine is a type of antidepressant drug called a selective serotonin reuptake enhancer. |
Time Delay | Time delay is a brief delay which occurs between the opportunity to use a skill and any additional instructions or prompts. |
Tinted Lens | A tinted lens is a type of coloured filter, used to block the wavelengths of light to which an individual is sensitive. |
TJ-54 | TJ-54 is another term for yokukansan, a traditional Asian herbal medicine. |
TMS | TMS is an acronym for transcranial magnetic stimulation, a procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. |
Tofranil | Tofranil is a brand name for imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression and also to prevent bedwetting in children. |
ToM Training | ToM Training is another term for theory of mind training, an intervention which teaches individuals how to work out what other people may be thinking and feeling |
Tomatis Method | The Tomatis method is a form of auditory integration in which a person with autism listens to a selection of music which has been modified. |
Topamax | Topamax is a brand name of an anticonvulsant drug called topiramate, which is designed to prevent or reduce the severity of seizures. |
Topiramate | Topiramate is a type of anticonvulsant drug designed to prevent or reduce the severity of seizures. |
Total Communication | Total communication is an approach that makes use of a number of fiorms of communication such as signed, oral, auditory, written and visual aids, depending on the particular needs and abilities of the individual |
Touch Therapies | Touch therapies are a large group of therapies which use touch in one form or another. |
Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine is a complete medical system based on ensuring that opposing energies, called yin and yang, are in balance and that the life force or energy in every body, called qi, is also balanced and flowing freely. |
Trampoline Therapy | Trampoline therapy is another term for rebound therapy, the use of trampolines to provide therapeutic exercise and recreation. |
Tranquility Room | Tranquility room is another term for a multi-sensory environment, which contains equipment and materials designed to stimulate the senses. |
Tranquillisers | Tranquillisers or tranquillizers are a large group of drugs designed to tranquillise, that is to say, calm, the mind. |
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. |
Transcranial Osteopathy | Transcranial osteopathy is another name for craniosacral therapy, an intervention which uses very light touching to balance the craniosacral system in the body. |
Transfer Factor | Transfer factor is a polypeptide secreted by lymphocytes that is capable of transferring immunity from one cell or individual to another. |
Transitional Lenses | Transitional lenses, another term for ambient prism lenses, are used to help improve ambient vision, the visual system related to spatial organisation. |
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.