Lastly, a little idea in the world of autism treatment. Actually, we're saying that the ABA method is scientifically established. I would like this phrase carefully examined by the policy-makers. What's been proven? The effect sizes are very small. There has been no long-term demonstration; there is no predictor of the percentage of children who are going to respond well to it or of the percentage of children who are not going to respond well to it.
For all these reasons, as well as those I just mentioned, I think that this statement is demagogic. In fact, we are giving in to a pressure group. We aren't basing our argument on best practices when we favour a technique under these conditions. It's unjustified.