Misinformation is circling online about so-called "autism detox treatments," with products promising to reverse autism diagnoses by removing toxins and heavy metals from the bloodstream.

It can be driven by sensory overstimulation or too much social interaction. Autistic adults who mask heavily and frequently (Phung et al., 2020) are more likely to experience this. What makes it ...

Misinformation is circling online about so-called "autism detox treatments," with products promising to reverse autism diagnoses by removing toxins and heavy metals from the bloodstream.

Nguyen and Peers also found that many textbooks promoted a type of intervention called applied behavior analysis, which is heavily criticized by members of the autistic self-advocate community ...