Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, which won the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
In the field of autism treatment, the forces for science and evidence have won a few battles and lost a Unfortunately, some of the most recent victories have been on the side of pseudoscientific and fad therapies— but a new army of researchers, practitioners, and advocates is fighting back.