Son-Rise Program and Autism Ranking:

Personal Accounts

This section provides personal accounts of the Son-Rise program for autistic people.

Personal accounts can be useful sources of information about the intervention but are not as scientifically valid or reliable as research trials. This may be especially true where the accounts are published by an organisation which might gain a financial advantage from the take-up of the intervention.

Please note that the views expressed in these personal accounts do not necessarily represent our views. 

There are numerous positive anecdotal reports from people who used the Son-Rise program for autistic children. The anecdotal reports come from a range of people, including professionals and carers.

The Autism Treatment Center of America website and Growing Minds website contain a number of personal accounts of using the Son-Rise program.

Other published accounts include

• Adams, A. (1993) Coaxed away from a shut – away existence. The Independent 28th September 1993
• Gaunt, M. and Howard Taylor G. (1997) QED: Challenging Children: I want my little boy back. This BBC television programme followed the Broadrick family to the Options Institute to see the help they got for the son.
• Roberts, Y. (1996) John’s Story. Daily Express 13th April 1996
• Shakeshaft, L. (1998) They said our son was autistic and that was that. Daily Mail February 10th 1998.

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16 Jun 2022

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