YouTube is one of the most well-known and widely accessed websites worldwide, thus having a powerful pedagogical potential. Nonetheless, the quality and the veracity of some YouTube videos are questionable. Doubts regarding the trustworthiness of factual content is a controversial factor that needs to be taken into account, especially when addressing public health issues. For this reason, the main objective of this work is to analyze the content of the most viewed videos in Spanish on YouTube related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To carry out this research, the terms “autism AND education”, “autism AND intervention”, and “autism AND cure” were used (in Spanish). The analysis of these searches results indicated that videos included in the “cure” category are shorter, and less valued by internet users, obtaining the lowest ratings on the “Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool” for audiovisual materials (PEMAT-A/V), in addition to present therapies that are in fact more harmful than videos in other categories. In general, videos containing recommendations for therapies that are harmful are the ones that have received most views, along with the videos that include alternative non-harmful therapies. Practical implications of these findings and recommendations for further research are discussed.

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是否有可能进行教育，干预或“治愈”自闭症谱系障碍？YouTube视频的内容分析

YouTube是全球最知名和访问最广泛的网站之一，因此具有强大的教学潜力。尽管如此，某些YouTube视频的质量和准确性还是值得怀疑的。对事实内容的可信赖性的怀疑是一个有争议的因素，需要加以考虑，尤其是在解决公共卫生问题时。因此，这项工作的主要目的是分析与自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）相关的YouTube上西班牙语观看次数最多的视频的内容。为了进行这项研究，使用了“自闭症和教育”，“自闭症和干预”和“自闭症和治疗”这两个术语（西班牙语）。对这些搜索结果的分析表明，“治愈”类别中包含的视频更短，互联网用户对它们的重视程度更低，除了目前比其他类别视频更有害的疗法外，在视听材料（PEMAT-A / V）的“患者教育材料评估工具”上获得最低的评分。通常，包含有害疗法建议的视频是获得最多观看次数的视频，以及包含替代性非有害疗法的视频。讨论了这些发现和建议对进一步研究的实际意义。以及包含其他非有害疗法的视频。讨论了这些发现和建议对进一步研究的实际意义。以及包含其他非有害疗法的视频。讨论了这些发现和建议对进一步研究的实际意义。