Autism Therapies Too Long Too Costly

The success of autism therapies depends on the amount of time it takes to perform and the amount of money required to participate says, neuroscientist Jean Genet.

Genet feels that at times the cost of the therapy is not in line with the benefits received. It seems the more desperate the parents are for a solution the more costly the therapy is to the point that some therapies run up to $60K a year with only minimal return in speech development, emotional balance, or mental focus. Most therapies are an average of 14 days and cost over $2800.

Genet believes that the amount of time it takes to perform the therapy is crucial to its success. “I’m probably one of the only neuroscient’s that I know of in the field of autism that has actually suffered from autism.

“Since therapist have not experienced autism or for that matter come home to a child with autism, it would be hard for them to develop therapies that connect to the inner reality of an autistic mind or know the amount of time a parent should spend in administrating in-home therapies to be successful. Some programs require the parent to spend a minimum of eight hours a day in therapy sessions. This usually requires one parent to quit work which limits the amount of income into the home which adds more stress to the family structure.”

Genet feels that it is important before taking on a new therapy to determine the time it will take to support the therapy, i.e., travel time to therapist, length of stay at therapist , length of in-home follow up support and of course, overall cost. You shouldn’t go into debt or borrow to participate in therapy. If you are performing the therapy yourself in a home setting determine the amount of time you will have to give up to follow through with the program and how much time it will take away from other members of the family. If you want more family stress spend too much time with one member of the family and neglect the others.

As a researcher, Genet believes that it is very difficult to develop therapies that fall within the guide lines that I think are so important. “I started in 1969 developing the therapies that I employ now. It took me over twenty years to get the therapy technologies to the point that they were not only affordable but would take the least amount of time to perform for the most amount of benefit for the child.

Also Genet thinks that that most parents employ too many therapies at one time. I suggest giving any particular therapy time to work before moving on to another. Also remember that each therapy is giving the child’s brain certain instructions to follow. If there are too many therapies employed and the brain receives too many conflicting instructions it will shut down.

“Most important to remember,” says Genet, “if the promises are too good to be true it probably is.”

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