DoD's conclusions 'flawed' about military children's progress with autism therapy, expert says
DoD’s conclusions ‘flawed’ about military children’s progress with autism therapy, expert says March 9 DoD's Autism Care Demonstration project offers Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, which encourages positive behaviors and discourages negative behaviors to improve a variety of skills. World Autism Awareness Day is April 2. (iStock/Getty Images) The Defense Department’s conclusion that military children with autism were not making progress with a key treatment has substantial flaws and is based on “incompetent” interpretation of the data, according to a new report. The re...