Son-Rise Program and Autism Ranking:

History

The Son-Rise program was developed by Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Kaufman in the early 1980’s to treat autistic children.

They decided to develop their own home-based programme for their son Raun after finding nothing that was suitable.

Following the success of the book and film about their experiences, they set up the Autism Treatment Center of America, which now provides the Son-Rise program.

They also set up the Option Institute, a commercial organisation which provides personal growth training. This explains why the method is sometimes called the ‘Option method’.

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16 Jun 2022

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01 Oct 2016

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