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Overmedication

Treatment of autism is poorly handled in Russia. The majority of doctors, still interpreting the disorder to be some relation of schizophrenia, address the problem with heavy medication.

"We have some children at our center who are three or four years old. They're very cute," said Men, the autism expert. "In Russia, to treat them, doctors give them unbelievable pharmaceutical cocktails which you would never in your life find recommended to a child anywhere else. But we've seen occasions where doctors prescribe this to a child of eight months old. There's no regulation."

Western medicine tends to use a process called ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) as opposed to pharmaceuticals to treat autism. ABA is behavior therapy: scientifically-based techniques to help autistic people improve communication, social relationships, self-care, and positive behavior.

Treatment centers for autism are sparse in Russia. A handful of organizations - like the Fathers and Children Fund in St. Petersburg and the Moscow Center for Curative Pedagogics - offer support and behavioral therapy services for autistic children. Elsewhere in Russia, treatment centers for autism and mental disorders in general are basically nonexistent.

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