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Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies

This section contains an alphabetic list of interventions, and some specific techniques, designed to help autistic people.

You may be able to find more information, including links to other parts of this website, by clicking on the title of an intervention.


If you know of any other items we should include in this section, please email info@informationautism.org.

Please note that we reserve the right not to include an item if we feel that it is not appropriate.

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Glossary Item Description
Terbinafine Hydrochloride

Terbinafine hydrochloride a type of antifungal medication used to treat athlete's foot, fungal nail infections and fungal skin infections.

Terbisil

Terbisil is a brand name of terbinafine hydrochloride, a type of antifungal medication used to treat athlete's foot, fungal nail infections and fungal skin infections.

Testosterone Regulation

Testosterone regulation involves using a drug, such as leuprolide, to reduce the amount of testosterone and oestrogen in the body.

Tetrahydrobiopterin

Tetrahydrobiopterin is a naturally occurring nutrient and essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes.

THB

THB is an acronym for tetrahydrobiopterin, a naturally occurring nutrient and essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes.

Theory of Mind Training

Theory of mind training programmes are designed to teach individuals with autism how to recognise mental states in oneself or others, and to be able to make sense of and predict actions.

Therapeutic Carriage Driving

Therapeutic carriage driving is an intervention in which the participant controls a horse while driving from a carriage seat or from a wheelchair in a carriage modified to accommodate the wheelchair.

Therapeutic Horseback Riding

Therapeutic horseback riding is primarily designed to improve physical, psychological, cognitive, and social skills, as well as to improve horsemanship skills.

Therapeutic Listening

Therapeutic listening is a training programme which includes a form of auditory integration training.

Therapeutic Parenting

Therapeutic parenting is a form of attachment therapy, an extremely controversial group of therapies designed to help children with attachment disorders.

Therapeutic Recreation

Therapeutic recreation (TR) is the provision of recreational services based on individuals’ interests to improve functioning and help individuals become as active, healthy and independent as possible

Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic touch is an intervention in which the practitioner claims to alter the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands of the practitioner to the patient.

Theraplay

Theraplay is an alternative spelling of pheraplay, a form of relationship-based therapy, which uses play to emphasize the bond between parent and child.

Therapy

Therapy is a medical term meaning the treatment of a disease or condition.

Therapy Dog

A therapy dog is trained to provide comfort and affection to people in long-term care, hospitals, retirement homes, schools, mental health facilities, and other stressful situations. 

Thiamin or Thiamine

Thiamin is another term for Vitamin B-1, one of the B group of vitamins.

Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfidean

Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfidean is a synthetic form of allithiamine, which is a disulfide derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B-1), a substance that occurs naturally in garlic

Thioridazine

Thioridazine is a type of typical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility.

Thiotic Acid

Thiotic acid is another name for alpha lipoic acid, an antioxidant that is manufactured in the human body.

Thought-Bubble Training

Thought-bubble training is a form of theory of mind training, an intervention which teaches individuals how to work out what other people may be thinking and feeling


Disclaimer

The fact that an intervention or technique is listed here does not necessarily mean that we support its use. Nor does it mean that there is any scientifically valid or reliable evidence behind it.

You can find details of the interventions we have already ranked in Our Evaluations of Autism Interventions, Treatments and Therapies.

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Updated
16 Jun 2022