Micheal Sandbank

Assistant professor
University of Texas at Austin

Micheal Sandbank is assistant professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin.

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By Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Shannon Crowley, Micheal Sandbank, Tiffany Woynaroski

24 November 2020

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Errors of omission: Why we are deeply concerned about research on autism therapies

Studies of autism treatments rarely report adverse events, and the scientists involved often fail to disclose their conflicts of interest.

Spectrum

Errors of omission: Why we are deeply concerned about research on autism therapies

By Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Shannon Crowley, Micheal Sandbank, Tiffany Woynaroski

24 November 2020 | 7 min read

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