Its awful, but not necessarily done out of cruelty or avarice. I know many parents of autistic kids, and so many of them are just so terribly desperate for any

Its awful, but not necessarily done out of cruelty or avarice. I know many parents of autistic kids, and so many of them are just so terribly desperate for any sign of improvement in their child that they're easily led by charlatans. They'll desperately believe and see patterns of improvement where there are none because they want to believe that they can lead their children to be independent and strong.